Re: [TCML] Big SGTC Xanthippe

[Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/19/12 9:54 PM, Kurt Schraner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> They yet exist: SGTC's throwing nice sparks, i.e. David Rieben's "Green
> Monster" or my friend Fritz Egli's "Xanthippe". On November 4, 2012 some
> test runs of Xanthippe were performed in Fritz' motorbike show-hall.
> Some movies were taken by Andi Saile, and combined by Kurt to a video,
> which now is uploaded to YouTube. See:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/user/hvchbs/videos?view=0
> ...the first video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14syCW8s6M&feature=plcp   ~4Min
>
> We feel, the coil to be well tuned nowadays, and operating close to the
> components limits, running smoothly. A longer debottlenecking and
> enhancing process, realized by Fritz and Andi, preceded the result. Part
> of the coil data:
>
> Wallplug VA: ~12 kVA
> HV Xfrmer: 2 PT's VKe30 / 16 kVac
> Rotary: SRSG at 200 BPS
> Cap: Maxwell's 120 nF / 70 kV
> Toroid diameters: 126.5cm x 32.5cm (50" x 12.8")
> Overall height of TC: 224cm (88")

Is the rotary synchronous to the line?  That is, are your breaks at the 
45 degree points so all 4 per cycle are at the same voltage?



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