Re: Tesla coil tank circuit based on cap discharge through an SCR

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Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>


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>Hi, has anyone ever made a tesla coil based on  a SCR and a power 
>capacitor?
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>Matt
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Matt & Coilers,

I've wondered about "supercharging" an electronic electric fencer
unit, and replacing the output transformer with a Tesla primary 
and secondary.  The bang rate is slow, but it might make for an
interesting experiment.  Is this similar to your thinking?


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