Re: DC Supplies for SSTC Coils ? ? ?

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

Actually, besides the 21000uF being way to big, I did find that my bridge
rectifier was dead and thereby shorting out the input.
I think i'll get a new rectifier and then try about 3500uF to start.  The
peak currents with 21000uF is too much.

Dan


 > Just curious to see what you guys were using for DC supplies when running
DC
 > to your SSTC coils.
 > I'm revisiting audio modulation with mine and I tried running full-bridge
 > rectified with smoothing capacitors of up to 21,000uF (450VDC capacitors)
to
 > get 170VDC output of the
 > circuit, but the peak DC currents are just killing my controller and
 > everything else.  I try lowering the capacitance, but i still get too much
 > 120Hz ripple.
 >
 > I wonder what Richie and Alan were using . . .
 >
 > The Captain
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