Re: OLTC Maggy modelling

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Original poster: "Stephen Conner by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <steve-at-scopeboy-dot-com>

At 11:33 14/04/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "boris petkovic by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <petkovic7-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>
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>these are some of the reasons why to try optimised
>magnifier construction (beyond efficiency ).
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>The charging circuit topology and quality of OLTC
>components are the key points in attempt to prevent
>induced voltage kickback troubles .
>But considering your "you play you pay" ,not much luck
>there.

I wouldn't mind spending lots of money on IGBT bricks, and lots of time 
designing a flyback converter-based charging circuit, if I thought the OLTC 
magnifier was going to work well. But at the moment I have no reason to 
believe that it'll be any better than a 2-coil system. It would be more 
like "you pay, you don't play." Also, it will be much more complex, because 
of the new charging circuit, and the main reason I liked the OLTC was 
simplicity.

I'll see how Terry Fritz's magnifier conversion goes. If it gives longer 
sparks than the 2-coil system, there may be a case for going ahead.

I'll also try raising the coupling on my 2-coil OLTC and see what happens.

Steve C.