Re: DC? was: mechanical bridge rectifier

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 11/20/02 1:59:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>Good evening folks
>Recently I asked about rectifying AC on the low side of the mane
>transformer in a TC.
>The answers from the list were a resounding NO it can’t be dun.  So then if
>DC is bad for transformer action why is it ok for HV TC work? The TC (pri 
>&shy;
>sec) is just a transformer.
>Why is DC bad for one kind of transformer and not for another?


Josh,

The DC HV simply charges the tank capacitor.  When the
gap fires, the tank circuit resonates as usual, producing RF
AC which transfers to the secondary coil.

John