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RE: new single 833A VTTC



Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> 


Nice job Steve.  Be careful on the filament.  You don't want to run the
filament "too hot" or less you
really start affecting lifetime of the tube.

Dan


 > Hey guys
 >
 > just build a new VTTC the other day with great success.
 > Whats funny is
 > that just the single 833A does nearly as much as when i had 2
 > of them on my
 > old coil... obviously the dual 833A VTTC was NOT optomised.
 > Im running the
 > filament a bit hot (10.5-11V) so this may help its
 > performance.  So far it
 > has worked excellent up to 22" of spark.  I can run at 15pps
 > with only a
 > slight redness of the plate. 20 and 30pps is possible at only
 > 18" sparks.
 > Its still rather nice looking though and worked pretty good
 > from the start.
 > I will add component values to this page later, but check it out:
 >
 > http://www.hot-streamer-dot-com/srward16/833AVTTC.htm
 >
 > There may be some more spark left in it still, if i make any
 > improvements i
 > will post them ;)
 >
 > Steve Ward
 >
 >
 >