Re: High amperage in tank circuit

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Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>


Well, I can at least help you out with the voltage multiplier. =D Here's 
the link to Greg's website which I think explains it pretty well.

<http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/motpic.htm>http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/motpic.htm 
It deals with MOTs and such, but the theory is the same. Enjoy!

  Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
Original poster: "John Richardson by way of Terry Fritz "

Hello,

I have a few questions that I was hoping someone could answer in beginners
terminology, or could possibly give me a link with basic explanations:

First, I hear everyone talking about the importance of large wire in tank
connections, and the explanations that I have read all point to the fact
that the currents can reach potentials of hundreds of amps. The thing that
I am not understanding, is how can we reach this kind of potential from
supplies which are putting out much less than an amp? I can see the
potential for high amperages in capacitor discharge experiments, where the
charge time for a cap bank can exceed several minutes or more with a small
power supply (like a neon), but we are talking about discharging the
capacitor in a ! TC a minimum of 120 times/sec. How is it possible to reach
these high currents in short periods of time?

Second, it is well known that in a synch RSG, everyone strives for
electrode alignment at the peak of the 120 or 240 input sine wave. I was
under the understanding that during transformer action, a voltage is
induced when the magnetic field collapses, not as it rises. In light of
this, it would seem to me that secondary voltage would rise to a peak as
the primary field collapses, and to extrapolate this further, the secondary
voltage rise would top out as the primary approaches zero on the sine
wave. Therefore, the RSG electrodes should be aligned somewhere between 45
and 90 degrees after the input peak, which is when the secondary would be
topping out voltage wise and the capacitor would be fully
charged. Obviously this isn't correct, but I need some help to understand
what is really happening.

Finally, could ! someone point me to a link which explains the theory behind
a voltage multiplier? I have been checking like crazy, and can't find an
explanation that I can understand. It's hard for me to grasp the concept
of diodes and capacitors multiplying voltage.

Thanks, and the simpler the explanation or the link, the better.

John Richardson



-Chris