Re: I've lost my k. Can someone help me find it?

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Original poster: "claude masetto by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <claudmas-at-optusnet-dot-com.au>

Hello Daniel,
I'm impressed on the performance you are getting from a single MOT supply.
Could you send me a schematic of your setup and what size secondary are you
using.
Regards
Claude.
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Subject: Re: I've lost my k. Can someone help me find it?


> Original poster: "Daniel Barrett by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dbarrett1-at-austin.rr-dot-com>
>
> > Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>
> >
> > Single-MOT coil? How do you do that?
>
>     The MOT drives both positive and negative half-wave doublers. These
> charge 4 MO caps in series for an output of +/- 4.25kV (loaded). This
8.5kV
> then goes through a 9H differential-mode charging reactor through a bunch
of
> fast diodes to the MMC (45nF). This can charge the MMC up to 17kV in about
> 2mS, giving me 6.5 joules/bang at 0 to 500 BPS (triggered gap). Pulls a
nice
> comfy 12A -at- 120VAC -at-  200BPS, so it could probably be pushed quite a bit
> harder with a bigger MMC.
> db
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