Re: Mag amps and generators ?

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>


>I was just thinking about totally different power supply

>configurations for TC's ... I thought I remembered

>hearing that Tesla used high frequency AC generator

         ..alternator...
         8)>>

>at one stage?

         Yep.
         Others went higher, later,
         (i've a LOVELY technical paper on one such).
         Up to about 100KHz was done later.  I don't think
         Tesla got over 10 KHz.  My understanding is that
         he went to spark gap methods because alternators
         could not go high enough.  Also, spark gap systems
         can be tuned more readily than changing the freq
         of an alternator...
         (I'd start with:
                 Experiments with currents of high potential
                 and Frequency
         (or close to that) by Tesla for his early work.


>Has anyone tried, seen or thought about building a high frequency
>generator for TC's --  it would not be easy,

         Right.

>but could be quite robust.
         Maybe.  Or maybe just have a whole different set

         of failure modes.
         (Consider the recent thread on the risks of high
         speed spinning things 'rapidly disassembling'.)


>I was also wondering about Magnetic amplifiers -- you can pump very
>large amounts of power with these and they are extremely robust -- In
>the past they have been limited to LF because of core material
>limitations. However I have a AMCC1000 metglas core here (Honeywell)
>that can handle KW's at 100Khz +   ... And it just made me think of Mag
>amps.

         There may be something there, in my opinion.

         best
         dwp

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