Hi Jim,
Well, I have the experience with the plain ole asynchronous rotary driven, raw AC from a 10 KVA, 14.4 kV pig. I have at times entertained the idea of the converting my "big pig" Green Monster coil over to a DC res system, but the substantial cost and increase of complexity to accomplish this has kept me ON the launching pad from this project ;-) I just don't fancy the idea of having to add a huge storage cap of several, if not 10's of uFds that can withstand the full primary voltage of the system (huge and dangerous), plus the huge multi-Henry charging choke(s), not to mention the appropriately rated diodes - seems that I would be pretty near buying my current system all over again :-/
With adequate ballasting, I am able to get plenty of "raw power" from my simple pig, asynchronous rotary driven system, though. Plenty of fat and very bright, 11 to 13 foot discharges! ;-) Of course, I'm told that once you go DRSSTC, you'll never go back to SG coiling ;-) and there have certainly been some quantum leaps in the development of SS coiling in the past decade, but I just can't seem to get together the patience or the funds to "start all over again" ;-)
David Rieben
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> On Jun 24, 2014, at 8:36 AM, "Jim Mora" <wavetuner@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Hello Group,
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> I am wondering what experience people have had in DC resonance charging
> versus say 10KW pig powered and variable inductively ballasted of like order
> with synchronous and higher speed asynchronous rotary gaps. That of coarse
> is a huge set of topics, but general experience would be of practical use.
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> It is my intention to try all three over time as I am sure many on this list
> have done. What is the practical best "bang for buck" and considerable
> effort. Please remember to reply to all even if you are flaming me ;-^)
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> Thanks Much,
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> Jim Mora
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> While this old school technology is nothing like present SS and modulated
> coils, it is still awesome. I guess this is more a discussion of elegance
> versus raw power fairly well tuned.
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