SSTC newbie

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Original poster: "sundog by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net>

Hi All,

   Well, after some bad luck with the VTTC frontier, I'm looking at 
building a solid state coil.

  I'm wanting to use it on 120v, with selectable half wave, full wave, and 
smoothed DC input. For this, the IRF740's should work well.  I'm hitting up 
SSTC sites and building a parts list.  With my O scope, and some other 
home-made tools, I should be able to get the control circuitry running 
pretty reliably.  My questions,

    Is it a necessity to use 2 separate gate transformers, or can I wind 
them both on the same core?  I have a very nice ferrite core transformer 
that has plenty of room once I remove the old windings from the bobbin.  Is 
the gate transformer simply a 1:1 isolation transformer (what it looks to 
be in most of the coils I've seen)?

    So begins the wallet-draining venture into SSTC's....I'll get the tiny 
boxes ready for the MOFSET's funerals...some of them will probably be 
cremated on the spot and their ashes scattered with canned air ;)
Any of the veteran SSTC'ers that want to help are more than welcome to 
contact me off-list.  Thanks All!
  Shad  G5-1203

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Shad (Sundog)
G-5 #1203
"Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?"
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