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

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Fucian-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 6/25/01 11:45:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes: 


>
> 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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Im not sure how they work.Its capacitive disharged right?You know can 
crushers?Think of a small one with a stud mount SCR switching capacitors 
through the primary.Basically its discharging a much higher powered capacitor 
through a primary using an SCR as the spark gap. 

Matt