Re: Do these numbers look right?

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Hi Ed,

I suspect you are right about the core saturating or at least the core
losses lowering the max voltage.  The spice simulation was with winding
resistance modeled but not core loss or saturation affects.  I think someone
else on the list mentioned killing a 100KV cap at resonance with a 12KV 30ma
NST.  Must have been a great tranny if the insulation didn't go first.

Gerry R

 > Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
 >
 >>get it in tune.  If you do stay at resonant Cp (or close to it), you need
to
 >> be diligent on setting the safety gap properly so you don't overvolt the
 >> NST.  With no spark gap firing, voltages above 100KV will probably
 >> happen (simulation shows up to 300KV)  The safety and main spark gaps
 >> are the only things keeping this high resonant rise voltage from
happening.
 >
 > I suspect core saturation will keep the maximum voltage to a lot less
 > than 100 kV, but still high enough to wreck the insulation.  Maybe
 > someone can sacrifice a transformer and a capacitor to the cause and get
 > some experimental results.
 >
 >
 > Ed
 >
 >