Re: NEW Direct Coupled Tesla Circuit - Looks promising

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com> 

Hi All,

I'd be afraid to get hit by this circuit!  This might make a type of
magnifier though.  If  you were to put the gap between the attach point of
the secondary and ground, and then have the secondary tunned to a multiple
of 60 or 120Hz, you may not need the primary circuitry at all.

David E Weiss

 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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 > A friend of mine and myself came up with a new directly coupled tesla
 > circuit which from initial looks and simulations
 > looks to be able to overcome the limitations of previous direct coupled
 > tesla resonant circuits and may easily outperform
 > the standard tesla coil.  Sounds too good to be true?  Possibly, but
 > time will tell.  The only pitfalls of this circuit are the high voltage
 > requirements of a few components including the spark gap.
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 > I've enclosed a sketch of this topology.  Any comments are appreciated.
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 > http://users.snip-dot-net/~liche/directtesla01.jpg
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