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Re: tesla coil does not work...



Original poster: "Qndre Qndre" <qndre_encrypt@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Hey Dr.,

sounds like he is using an OBIT since his "supply" has 10 kV @ 23 mA which sounds very much like an OBIT ;-) . OBITs are usually midpoint-grounded so he will have to hook the center-tap of the transformer's secondary (which is usually connected to the iron core) to RF ground so he gets two "hot" wires out of his transformer having 5 kV each in reference to ground, being 180° out of phase. Grounding the core (and therefore the center tap) and one bushing will result in shorting out the transformer's secondary.

Regards, Q.

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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: tesla coil does not work...
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:35:12 -0700

Original poster: "D.C. Cox" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>


Do you have any connections to the center bushing on the low voltage side of the xmfr? Only the two outer bushing are used. Ground is connected to case, and one of the HV bushings should also be connected to this case ground.

Dr. Resonance



Original poster: "Langer Giv'r" <transworldsnowboarding19@xxxxxxxxxxx>

When i turn it on, the spark gap fires on a very short distance, and i smell something burning, but I dont think its my transformer because it still works... I am seeing absolutely NOTHING on my secondary, so i think my capacitors might have something wrong with them. Help would be increadible, thanks!
Seems as something wrong with the capacitors. Can you measure the
capacitance? Are you not using too small resistors across the
capacitors? The gap fires if just placed across the transformer?
Are the support structures of the assembly made with materials
with enough insulation?

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz