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Re: TC powered by LV Marx generator?

Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Sam,

Many are here:

http://www.pupman.com/faq/abbrs.html

The SIDAC (I have no idea what that stands for) is a solid state device that holds off voltage until a certain voltage level is reached. It then acts as a short until the current drops to zero just like a spark gap.

It can take a lot of power for a short time but cannot dissipate giant amounts of heat without failure. A data sheet is here:

http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/Teccor/Web%20Data/Sidac%20(95%20-%20280%20Volts).pdf

Cheers,

        Terry


At 02:03 PM 4/22/2005, you wrote: 
Does this list have a conversion chart somewhere that I could download?
With all the letter abbreviations, I just delete most of these messages as
they mean nothing to me.
I think I could follow half of the messages if I just knew what "SIDACS" (or
whatever
each message uses) meant.

Sam Johnson
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> Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> For a TC powered by SIDAC's see here
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http://tesladownunder.iinet.net.au/Solid%20State.htm#SIDAC%20spark%20substit
ute%20solid%20state%20Tesla%20coil.%20(SSSSSTC)
> Peter (Tesla Downunder)
> http://tesladownunder.iinet.net.au
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 10:03 PM
> Subject: Re: TC powered by LV Marx generator?
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> >Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> >Tesla list wrote:
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> >>Original poster: "J. Aaron Holmes" <jaholmes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >>...would it be possible to construct a "low-voltage"
> >>Marx generator using SIDACs or MOVs or something
> >>instead of the traditional spark gaps in each stage?
> >>With a dozen or so stages, such a thing might be able
> >>to create a couple of kV from the 120-volt AC line.
> >>Further, if such a thing *did* work, it would just beg
> >>to be connected to a very small SGTC, with the caps in
> >>the Marx doubling as the cap for the TC.  Granted,
> >>this would probably not provide for a coil with
> >>continuous output, but it would be interesting
> >>nonetheless.
> >
> >This seems perfectly possible. Equivalent to instead of
> >using a single primary capacitor and a multiple spark gap,
> >alternating the capacitors with the gaps.
> >
> >Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
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