SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTC Coil questions for Mr. Steve

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> 



Hey Steve,

I was wondering if you had some more information on your
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTTC coil.  For example, I'm curious to
see an overall schematic plus what kind of parts you were using for
various components within your design.

Also, you said you had a PSPICE simulation of this circuit.  I was
wondering if you got the simulation to work and
possibly if you could share your simulation.

Your videos and pics look great and as Sue stated already, the
appearance of the arcs look to be a cross between
a disruptive coil (with the branching and curving) and a typical SSTC
(which is a somewhat fat arc with minimal
branching).

I'm also wondering if the size of your secondary (high inductance) is
contributing to the longer arcs you are
getting.  I'd be curious to see what kind of output you get when running
on one of your smaller coils.

Also Steve,  since you've been doing lots of work with SSTCs lately,
have you found any correlation between different
sized toploads and the length of the arcs.  Since a sharp-break-out
point is typically used with SSTCs, this relationship
might have more to do with the amount of capacitance on the topload than
the break-out voltage characteristic of
the topload toroid.

Thanks

Dan