Re: Simulation of a conventional Tesla coil

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>


MicroSim is extremely easy to use.  I don't know why so many people have
problems with it.

The Captain


 > Still playing with Newbury Tech's SIMetrix, and pleased with my notion
 > for using their "transformer" backward, I've come up with
 > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/conv-tc.sxsch,
 > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/conv-tc.sxsch.pdf and
 > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/conv-tc-grph.pdf.  Newbies & others alike
 > might want to go to www.newburytech-dot-com and download a free version of
 > SIMetrix.  You can then put the .sxsch file into its Work folder, run it,
 > and play with it yourselves.  Generate 500,000 volts with the click of a
 > mouse-button!
 >
 > If you have the cash, buy SIMetrix; I believe it's about $1000.  If I
 > were gainfully using it, I would.
 >
 > You can view the schematic and the first few cycles of primary current
 > and output voltage from the pdf files using Acrobat.
 >
 > This may be old-hat to spark-gap regulars but since I've been
 > (masochistically) into solid-state, I've perhaps missed it.
 >
 > SIMetrix is so much easier to fathom than MicroSim's kludge that I can't
 > believe it.  It also now incorporates another simulation program
 > (licensed from someone else) which I haven't tried out.
 >
 > Ken Herrick
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