Re: [TCML] Primary Coil Simulator for Safe Primary Circuit Experimentation

[Brandon Hendershot <brandonhendershot@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Gary,
Thank you! I am quite proud of it...
No RSG's here. Interesting prospects though, well have to have somebody with one make one of these and try that out.
Brandon

On Jul 24, 2010, at 4:27 PM, Gary Lau <glau1024@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Brandon,
> 
> Your load rig looks a lot more presentable than mine ever did.  I like the
> way you used screws for the bulb contacts - I wish I had thought of doing
> that!
> 
> Are you using it with a sync RSG?  I'd be curious to hear your experience as
> you vary the phase.  Using just the Freau adjuster, you should be able to
> see the lamps go from almost nothing, to very bright, and suddenly mayhem
> and safety gaps firing.
> 
> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA, USA
> 
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Brandon Hendershot <
> brandonhendershot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>> Just wanted to share this with you.
>> http://drop.io/BrandonTCML
>> It will safely dissipate the energy from the capacitors using three 120V
>> 500W J Type Halogen Flood Lamps connected in series. Opposed to the primary
>> coil doing this naturally.
>> 
>> "If the primary is replaced with a short circuit, the cap will charge
>> normally,
>> but each time the gap fires, it will directly short out the charged cap,
>> and
>> this will be extremely stressful on the cap (HUGE discharge currents) as
>> well as the gap (all the energy that went into charging the cap will be
>> dissipated in heat, light, and sound, and the gap will be a fearsome
>> thing)."
>> 
>> It was created by Gary Lau, designed and built by myself.
>> 
>> Brandon
>> 
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