Re: power supply questions

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


The smoothing cap is normally 10 X the primary cap.

But why are you going through all this trouble?  DC will require discharge
safety resistors across your caps.  If you go to full resonant charging with
a reactor then you may have to upgrade your primary cap values, ie, higher
voltage.  Your smoothing cap may be more expensive than your primary cap
with it's X10 rating.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
 >
 > 2nd: I thought about using DC to feed my coil by rectifying the
 > xformer output with a series setup of 1N4007 diodes under oil and
 > charge a 30nF cap for cmoothing purposes. The main C1 would be
 > 60nF. Can this be done or has the smoothing cap to be bigger than
 > tha primary cap?
 >