RE: Quad SSTC

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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>


I have infinite bandwidth on my website.  If you send me the file, I can put
it on my website.
Or better yet, just put it back on your website but make it hidden so other
people can't download it,
then I'll download it from your site and post it on mine.

Dan


 > Hi,
 >
 > Sorry the video was taken offline after my ISP said I wa
 > abuseing bandwith!
 >
 > If any one can host it then I would be very gratefull,
 >
 > Adam Horden
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 3:27 PM
 > Subject: Re: Quad SSTC
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  > Thanks Alan.  I've been waiting to get details from this
 > coil as I did see
 >  > Adam Horden's video of the quad coil in action.
 >  >
 >  > Now you are playing "Close Encounters of the Third Kind"
 > theme, but are
 > you
 >  > feeding that directly with an audio source, or actually
 > programming that
 >  > audio modulation
 >  > with the PIC itself.  It sounds like it the tones were
 > generated directly
 > by
 >  > the PIC itself.  Also, what type of power supply are you
 > using with this
 >  > glorious creation?  Judging by
 >  > the video, it does appear there is considerable line
 > frequency ripple
 > making
 >  > the streamers longer than they would if pure DC was fed.
 >  >
 >  > Anyways, it was a very impressive demonstration and was
 > the actual thing
 >  > that inspired me to get off my butt and finish my audio modulation
 >  > conversion on my SSTC.
 >  > Good job and thanks!!!
 >  >
 >  > Another idea I had was to hook up a keyboard to my SSTC.
 >  >
 >  > The Captain
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Basicaly its 4 coils arranged in a square each driven
 > by a separate
 >  >  > ful bridge driver. The drivers in turn are controlled by a PIC
 > processor,
 >  >  > By altering phases and using intermitant modes. You can
 > arrange to have
 >  >  > sparks going
 >  >  > A-B
 >  >  > C-D
 >  >  > or
 >  >  > A-B
 >  >  > ! !
 >  >  > C-D
 >  >  >
 >  >  > or forming a square, or diagonaly
 >  >  > or everything at once
 >  >  > A-B
 >  >  > !X!
 >  >  > C-D
 >  >  >
 >  >  > At present I'm limited to running at under half power -
 > it needs a 25A
 >  > 400V
 >  >  > DC
 >  >  > supply to run properly.  It will also play tunes -
 > though I restricted
 > my
 >  >  > self to the
 >  >  > 5 note phrase from "close encounters".  Unfortunately
 > it will not yet
 >  >  > function
 >  >  > as a warp engine :(
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Here's a use for all those PCB's you've been buying.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Alan Sharp
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >