RE: ARSG/cap/gap help

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



Thanks.  I built it because I was tired of having six million wires,
variac here - variac there, etc... when I was demo-ing coils.  With
this, i have a nice portable set-up to run most of my coils whether it
be conventional, SSTC, or VTTC.

The Captain


 > Hey CAPTAIN
 >
 > I think your controller is really impressive. GREAT JOB!!
 >
 > WIZZARD
 > Dwight, Ontario
 > Canada
 >
 > >Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > ><dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 > >
 > >My portable demo coil uses almost the same equipment.
 > >
 > >1.5kVA 14.4kV Potential Transformer
 > >ARSG Propellar Gap
 > >0.0257uF Capacitor
 > >
 > >The following link describes every detail of my coil.  It
 > currently runs at
 > >about 3 to 3.5kW input power with 6-8 foot streamers.
 > >http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/teslacoil7.htm
 > >
 > >The next link below describes my ARSG propellar gap, which
 > is based on Terry
 > >Blake's ARSG.
 > >http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/teslacoil9.htm
 > >
 > >If you are using the 14.4kV, 1.5kVA PT, then the 500ft roll
 > of 12 AWG works
 > >perfectly as a ballast and limits input power to about 3 to
 > 3.5kW which the
 > >potential transformer
 > >can easily do for short durations.  I run the ballast for up
 > to 15 minutes
 > >at a time with no problems.  Although, I typically allow
 > everything to cool
 > >a bit when running continous like
 > >that at 3 to 3.5kW.
 > >
 > >As for capacitor size.  For this set-up, 0.01uF to 0.03uF
 > works the best.
 > >You'll vary the ARSG to get maximum spark length.  I
 > wouldn't recommend
 > >going above 0.03uF for this
 > >set-up.  Also, be sure to be aware of your ARSG speed.  When
 > using a variac
 > >to control ARSG speed and a variac to control input voltage to the
 > >transformer, you sometimes might
 > >get confused with everything that is going on and accidently
 > turn the ARSG
 > >speed down when you really want to decrease the transformer
 > voltage.  This
 > >can be very bad for the
 > >capacitors etc...
 > >
 > >Hope this helps.
 > >
 > >The Captain
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > > I am in the process of building the "Terry blake ARSG
 > gap". I will have a
 > > > 19,500 RPM motor on it, but, thats WAY too fast, so i
 > will put a dimmer
 > > > switch on it (i was going to run the coil, and adjust it
 > while it was
 > > > running to get the best output. Probally around 4000
 > rpm). I am running a
 > > > 14.4 KV 1.5KVA pt and i was planning to use 2 strings of
 > 10 geek group
 > >caps
 > > > for a total of .03UF. Should i use more caps? And, is
 > that rating for the
 > > > cap good?
 > > > Thanks
 > > > Adam
 > > >
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