Re: DC Tesla Coils

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Original poster: "S & J Young" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net> 

Tristan,

Certainly!  DC coils have a number of advantages, but they are typically
more complicated and subject to parts failures (e.g. diode strings can go
bad).  Greg Leyh's giant coils run on DC.  I run a DC twin coil that
performs well - six foot streamers with less than 1,500 watts DC.  It uses
DC resonant charging which effectively doubles the power supply voltage.
Have a look at Richie Burnett's website for an excellent discussion of DC
powered coils.

However, I would recommend starting out with the simplier AC powered coil
until you gain experience and knowledge.

--Steve Y.

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Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2004 11:31 AM
Subject: DC Tesla Coils


 > Original poster: "Tristan Steele" <tsteele-at-westnet-dot-com.au>
 >
 > Hello All
 >
 > I am relatively new to the world of High Voltage, and am considering
 > building my first tesla coil.  The thought that I am having is that
wouldn't
 > it make more sense to use a rectified output (ie. DC) to charge the
primary
 > capacitor.  Is it possible to run a tesla coil on DC power?
 >
 > Tristan
 >
 >
 >