Re: Is this Normal SRSG behavior?

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Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>


I've got a RC filter on there, (similar to the
design credited to Terry) so I doubt
that the NST's own output is going to kill
itself with that circuit.

I just think the electrodes are too close
together, since it can arc well before and
after the electrodes are perfectly lined up,
when running >50%.

This will probably lead to more than 240bps
that it's designed for -- and behave more like
a static spark gap.

I set them so that the arcing occurs when
the variac is set to 40/120 (1/3) so, off
a 15KV NST this is about 5000 volts.
(The sparks between the electrodes are
very weak at this point.)

I guess I'll have to back out the stationary
electrodes so that it only fires when the
voltage is 15Kv...

Good thing I made it entirely adjustable.
(phase too!)




--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Sean Taylor by way of Terry Fritz
 > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <taylorss-at-rose-hulman.edu>
 >
 >  > that sounds normal for just the nst but be
 > careful or you could hurt the
 > nst
 >  >
 >  > read you later
 >  > Josh
 >
 > How could that hurt the NST? or do you mean with a
 > cap.  I can understand
 > that with a cap you might cause some problems firing
 > at the wrong times, but
 > without a cap? I wouldn't think the NST would care
 > about the RSG being there
 > too much.
 >
 > Sean
 >
 >