Re: diode selection + 3 phase supply

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

Greg,

Take a look at the relevant chapter of the big book by North on the
hot-streamer-dot-com site.. He discusses all the various rectifier
configurations, etc.

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/OtherPapers/NorthReport/

Chapter 14 is the one you want...  


Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Mr Gregory Peters by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <s371034-at-student.uq.edu.au>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to make a DC coil by rectifying a 3 phase pole pig.
> Firstly, any hints? What effect do the star and delta configurations
> have when setting this up? Which is better? I'm wondering which diodes
> to use. There appears to be heaps of types such as standard, fast, ultra
> fast, etc. What does this mean?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Greg Peters
> Department of Earth Sciences,
> University of Queensland, Australia
> Phone: 0402 841 677
> http://www.geocities-dot-com/gregjpeters