Re: DC VTTC

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Original poster: "R. Bergmann by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bergmann_-at-hotmail-dot-com>

How would I got about making a filtered DC power powersupply out of an AC 
trannsformer?


Thanks,
Ryan Bergmann




>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: DC VTTC
>Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2002 09:02:59 -0600
>
>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
>
>In a message dated 6/18/02 7:42:32 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>writes:
>
>
> >
> > Does anybody have schematics for a DC Vacuum tube tesla coil?  Has 
>anybody
> > made one before?
> >
>
>Ryan,    There's two ways to do that.  One way is to simply
>rectify the AC first, but that will have basically no effect on
>the output, because a typical VTTC is actually a DC coil;
>the tube self-rectifies the AC.   Another way is to use a filtered
>DC power supply.  THis will give a spark that is much shorter,
>but quieter, and the spark will look like a plasma flame, or
>a propane torch sort of.  In no cases will the actual output
>of the VTTC be DC.  It will always be AC (RF).
>
>John




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