Re: Voltage Tripler and MOT's

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

this is true sean but i myself have not experianced probs with my coil
running pulsed dc but that said my rotary will not run at 200bps as there is
half of the wave missing due to rectification
cheers
colin heath
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> Original poster: "Sean Taylor by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<taylorss-at-rose-hulman.edu>
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> If you're coil isnt DC already, which it doesn't sound like it, it will
have
> to be after using a tripler.  A tripler will give you a DC output rather
> than AC, so you'll run into problems there.  I would just try to get more
> MOTs to hook in series so that the voltage increases.
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> > Original poster: "Gregg Adams by way of Terry Fritz
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> > Hello all,
> >     Has anyone had much luck with a voltage tripler on a MOT power
> > supply?  If so, what size/type caps were used?  The reason I ask is
> > because I have to run a very narrow spark gap that tends to power arc
> > quite often unlike the 15kv NST's I used to use.  Opening the gap only
> > causes it not to fire.  I am running this gap on a fairly
> > powerful "sucker" vacuum motor with brass electrodes.  Would bigger
> > electrodes help?  I was told by a good source that I needed more caps
but
> > it'll be a couple of months before I receive my geek caps and I'll go
> > crazy waiting that long:)  So, am I on the wrong road with the voltage
> > tripler or would that help my gap?
> >
> > Thanks much,
> > Gregg Adams
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