[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

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
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: TC powered by LV Marx generator?


> Original poster: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > For a TC powered by SIDAC's see here > 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 > > ----- 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? > > > >Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmdq@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > >Tesla list wrote: > > > >>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 > > > > > > > > > > > >