Original poster: Steve Ward <steve.ward@xxxxxxxxx>
Hey guys!
I just built my first magnifier of any sort, and of course its DRSSTC
driven ;-). I should mention that i have NO idea what im doing when
it comes to magnifier design... i just thought i'd try something and
see how it goes. Worked great! Check out the page i made for it
(includes spark pics!)
http://www.stevehv.4hv.org/DRSSTCmag1.htm
The magnifier seems to be pretty well behaved. My max spark length so
far is about the same as when it was a 2-coil system. That is, 35"
from a 11" tall resonator ;-). Its just that now the sparks arent
always hitting the strike ring! :-). I might just have to move up to
a full-bridge drive to really get the sparks flowing! There isnt so
much of a limit now that the coil can be elevated off the ground more.
The magnifier required a lower tuning than before, which is what i
expect since i have more effective leakage L to resonate there, as
well as more capacitance.
This was just a "test", cooler things should come along soon, need to
order some magnet wire! Whats also nice is that the conversion from
2-coil to 3-coil was very easy!
Questions and comments welcome.
Steve Ward