Re: marx chokes

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>



Malcolm:

What was the value of your chokes?  I would like  to try this idea as well.
Digi-Key stocks a large number of iron core chokes.

Dr. Resonance


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> Use chokes instead of resistors. The benefits: much faster and more
> efficient charging (far less resistive loss). As to the values,
> mileage varies. There is balance between charge time and sufficiently
> high impedance at discharge time. I built two working Marx banks,
> both of which used chokes wound on ferrite rods. I spoeculated at the
> time that suitably sizing the components might allow resonant
> charging at mains or some other nominated frequency but pursuing the
> idea is way down my list of things to do.
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> Malcolm
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