Re: dc/ac

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Original poster: DRIEBEN-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com 

I'm not too sure where you came up with that idea? I assume
that you're referrring to the high voltage with which you
drive the tank capacitor/spark gap/ primary coil assembly?
Although there are some DC powered coils out there, the vast
majority of us coilers use 60 HZ, single phase AC for this
purpose. There are a few advantages to DC powered coils.
There is no issue of synchronous or asynchronous operation
and you can fire your spark gap as slowly or as rapidly as you
like. The big disadvantages is that you have to spend
considerable extra time and $$ to build the rectifier and filter.
Also, the filter capacitor(s) can retain a very large and
lethal charge after the system has been powered down.

Davdi Rieben

----- Original Message -----
From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Saturday, May 8, 2004 10:44 pm
Subject: dc/ac

 > Original poster: Jimbo07031982-at-aol-dot-com
 >
 > i noticed that everyone is using dc and i think i must be the only
 > one
 > using ac would this effect the output since i am using ac
 >
 >
 >