Re: High Reliability - DRSSTC II - Proven

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Dan,

Great!!!

I think that is the longest run I have ever heard of for any large Tesla coil!!

Have you made any further significant changes to the system to make it so 
reliable?

Looking forward to your new book!!

Cheers,

        Terry


At 08:07 AM 12/21/2004, you wrote:
> If there were any doubts about the reliability of the DRSSTC system,
> there are none now.
>
> In the past few months i have been demonstrating my DRSSTC II system at
> a number of events including both
> corporate and educational events.
>
> I have put in a total of 100 hours of cumulative runtime on this sytem
> at full power with zero failures.
>
> At the most recent demonstration, the coil was left running at 100%
> power (280VAC input power, 100Hz PRF, 300uS
> Pulsewidth) for a CONTINUOUS 5 hours as a floor display.
>
> Component heating is minimum (at the 100Hz PRF - ) and the muffin fan
> cools bridge components sufficiently.
>
> GO DRSSTC !!!!!