Re: Resonant charging with MOTs

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Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Hi Marry,

> Would this work, or is it already old news?  A resonant cap for MOTs
> is between 3 uF and 6uF, I think.  I figured that you could make a MOT
> resonate up to 8 or 10 kV or so, without doublers or extra insulation.
> One could probably use 2 trannies in series to up the voltage and drop
> the resonant cap value.  I can't get MOT voltage doublers to work for
> more than 5 sec. on my coil.  I think the diodes are blowing, since my
> doubler caps are 2.5 uF.  The sparks sure look great while the diodes
> last, though!  I thought this could be an alternative to my diode eating
> doubler.

Umm, resonant cap with a transformer doenst work like that. the voltage will
increase until the insulation breaks down, probably somewhere around 10KV.
Problem is that as soon as you add a load to the resonant circuit, the
resonant effect dies.

What are the air cores for?

Best Regards,
Jason

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