Hi Terry,
I ran my coil tonight, posted results (including pictures) on its webpage:
http://www.stevehv.4hv.org/DRSSTC1.htm
I got 72" strikes with only 6 cycles!! That should be 8.7J bang
energy or about 1044W at 120bps. The MMC only got to about body temp
:-).
Anyway, the primary current was up to 700A with air streamers and
briefly tripped the 800A limiter during heavy ground strikes. I will
play with the Rprimary in pspice to try to make my primary current
match up. I found Rprimary to be extremely crucial to everything.
Also, there is NO energy left in the primary 1 cycle after the driver
is shut off (the current hits zero fast). Pspice did NOT match this
with the 6p+220k streamer, in fact it took maybe another 6-7 cycles
before the current hit zero. Something isnt right with the model
yet...
Steve
On 6/18/05, Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I am having a little trouble getting MicroSim and ScanTesla to agree about
> things this night...
>
> I "think" Rprimary should be about in the 0.5 ohm range for a DRSSTC. That
> is a pretty critical factor. We will have to really test it as time
permits...
>
> So Let me work on it awhile and see if I can fix things...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry