Re: Determining Max Secondary Size

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

It's sort of iffy... At some point, the energy you are putting into the
system won't get the secondary C up to a high enough voltage to break down.
If you go for a "single shot" system where you can charge the primary cap up
over many power line cycles, you could actually drive a fairly large system.
I have a 50W packaged HV power supply that I've used to charge a HV cap that
is discharged through a impulse transformer.  So what if it takes a minute
to charge.. that's 3 kJ of charging energy, and it is a heck of a bang when
it fires..

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Subject: Determining Max Secondary Size


> Original poster: "Stolz, Mark by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Mark.Stolz-at-st-systems-dot-com>
>
> Hi All!
>
> Hopefully this question gets some response, unlike my PFC question.  How
> does one figure out the largest secondary that can be driven with a given
> power supply?
>
> Mark Stolz
> Houston, TX
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