Re: Multiplier Powered Tesla

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I once used a Marx circuit as a voltage doubler--to
bump 4kvac from a pair of MOTs up to 12kv peak. The
Marx capacitors actually served as the Tesla tank
caps, and the Marx spark gaps as the Tesla coil gaps.
It was sort of an integrated Marx/Tesla coil. This
achieved voltage doubling without the need for any
solid state devices. TC spark output was pretty
satisfying. However, the design eventually broke down
due to inadequate isolation resistors (they slowly
burned up), and I never got around to upgrading them.
I still think with modern MMC tank caps and sturdy
isolation resistors, an integrated Marx/Tesla coil
would be practical.

Documentation of the experiment is on my site.

Regards,

Greg
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Cory Roussel by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <imcuddlycory-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> Hallo,
> 
> Has powering a TC with a properly designed Marx
> generator ever been done?? How would it differ from
> a
> normal system?
> 
> My idea is to have a MOT which supplies a nice
> current
> for charging caps, that runs into a Marx multiplying
> cascade (method of charging caps in parallel then
> discharging them all in series) that has MMC caps
> and
> some sort of switching device (mabey a RSG made with
> multiple disks...) which powers directly into a TC's
> primary... This would definately be a more complex
> design then normal TCs because of the switching
> between Parallel and series done in the
> multiplier...
> any comments on this idea???  anyone ever tried it?
> 
> 
> thanks again,
> 
> Cory Roussel
> 
> p.s. Mabey the high frequency could be sacraficed at
> the expense of VERY high voltage and current
> spikes...
> i dunno just an idea....
> 
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