Re: DC? was: mechanical bridge rectifier

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Original poster: "Black Moon by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <black_moons-at-hotmail-dot-com>


TC's are not powered by DC
once the spark gap breaks down, the inductance and capasatance of the 
primary and tank cap osilate, produceing AC





>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: DC? was: mechanical bridge rectifier
>Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:57:27 -0700
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>Original poster: "J Dow by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
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>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 ­ sec) is just a transformer.
>Why is DC bad for one kind of transformer and not for another?
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>And- hey thanks for the Mechanical rectifier replies! As I am into super 
>cool looking things I may try one out. I was imagining a supped up spark 
>gap used as the SRSG and the rectifier at the same time. It would be on an 
>1800-rpm motor with 12 electrodes. 4 for the SRSG and 8 for the rectifier. 
>I don’t really think it will offer much in the way of performance but it 
>will sure be fun. And that’s the point.
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>Read you all later
>Josh


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