Yes. I am also very curious to see sparks from DC Cox's systems. I have
been hearing a lot about how good they are and i am just interested in
some
more spark pictures and/or more info.
On another note in regards to Rob's SSTC, Can you provide us with some
scope shots of your gate waveforms or your feedback circuitry etc...?
From
my personal experience with that coil it does not like being ran with a
topload.
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Dr.Hankenstein <
dr.hankenstein@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Show me the sparks!
H
-----Original Message-----
From: DC Cox <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Oct 13, 2009 4:59 PM
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [TCML] SSTC help
If your igbts are not phased properly one may be slightly turned on
while
the other is slightly off. If you don't phase them properly they will
blow
is short order.
Also, check for high frequency ringing which is a killer. Proper
filtering
with inductors or caps can eliminate this problem.
The system of feedback you use to keep the pri circuit in tune with the
sec
circuit is also critical. Solid state components work great but will
absolutely not tolerate much range as will the spark gap type
oscillators.
I hope to have a set of boards populated and ready for sale this winter.
Right now they are working great running with Powerex CM300s on our test
coils.
Dr. Resonance
On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 9:13 PM, Rob Byron <mustang_5l87@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hello, I have been working on my first solid state coil for a good part
of
a year and after many blown components and hours searching the net, I
am
stumped. The coil I am working on is of Steve Ward's mini sstc. I used
eagle
to etch a board to replace the crappy proto type board. This gave me
better
results ( my UCC's don't fry anymore :) I put an LED on the output of
the
interruper to make sure that works. My gate drive IC's make a high
frequency
buzz. Not sure if I should be able to hear that? But it leads me to
believe
they work. My half bridge is on a variac, rectified and filtered. I get
170VDC at full power on the bridge. But I can't get breakout?? I did
try
swapping the primary leads to get 180* out of phase. Here is a link to
video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kX7oV9iC0Jo
Thanks in advance for any help.
Rob.
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