Re: The ideal DC coil power supply? RE: RE: Xfmrs

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Original poster: Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx>

How about an RCS-1000 YAG PSU?

http://www.hot-streamer.com/adam/garage/psu_34kV_1.jpg
http://www.hot-streamer.com/adam/garage/psu_34kV_2.jpg

It's 17" x 6" x 6", weighs in at 17 pounds, cranks out
up to 34 kVDC at 1 kJ/sec, and runs off of 200 - 240
VAC.

If that ain't big enough, they also make an RCS-2000.

Adam

--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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> What I'd like to see is a 15-20 kV DC supply that I
> can do triggered
> spark gap coils with.  Say, 10 kW average power
> (30-40 Amps off 240V
> line).  Doesn't need great regulation (actually, a
> constant current
> source might be ideal), but does need fairly low
> ripple (because I
> don't want line frequency hum).  Oh yeah.. I'd like
> low stored energy
> on the HV side so it doesn't  blow things up (no
> giant DC filter
> capacitor to get rid of ripple).
>
> Actually, I wonder if you could design it so it had
> the equivalent of
> the inductor and diode in a resonant charging (that
> is, when the gap
> fires, it shuts down for a short time to allow the
> gap to quench, and
> then turns back on).  It would be easy to give it an
> enable/disable
> that's synchronized with the gap trigger.  It's
> simple to turn a PWM
> on and off, but the output of the supply is going to
> have to take the
> abuse of the ringing on the primary capacitor (i.e.
> the output will
> swing negative), so it might not just be a matter of
> gating the
> switcher on and off.
>
> Say if it weighed 20 lbs and was "milk crate" sized
> that would be
> fine.  (after all, the 30A power cord is going to
> weigh a substantial
> amount)...



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