Thank you for your comments Bill; Here is the answer I was looking for.
Doug
1. The C-W multiplier rectifies the AC output from the inverter and
steps up the voltage to a high DC value.
2. The output of the C-W rise is limited by the breakdown voltage of
your spark gap - if you widen the gap, it will fire at a slower rate,
and if you reduce the gap it will fire at a higher rate (per second).
3. When the spark gap fires, the TC primary tank circuit rings like in a
normal TC. The tank circuit capacitance equals the capacitance of each
C-W stage divided by the number of stages.
4. However, the presence of the C-W diodes prevents the stage capacitors
from efficiently ringing, since the C-W diodes effectively short the
caps out when they try to reverse polarity.
5. The result is an inefficient, out of tune TC that has just enough
energy transferred to the secondary to light a nearby fluorescent lamp.
6. A more efficient arrangement might use a HV resistor or HV diode (at
least equal to 2.5X the max output voltage of your C-W circuit) as the
power source for a regular tuned primary circuit (cap, gap, and primary
winding) tuned to your secondary-topload.
-----Original Message-----
From: bill
Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2016 12:58 AM
To: 'Tesla Coil Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [TCML] Why does this work?
Do you mean why does the lamp light? That's because there is enough RF to
excite the gas inside the lamp. Do you mean why does the coil make RF?
That's because it's a resonant circuit.
-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of doug
Sent: Monday, May 2, 2016 8:06 AM
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [TCML] Why does this work?
I am too inexperienced to know that this would not work, so I went ahead and
tried it, and it worked!
Can someone explain it to me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNPig4VQXPY
Doug J.
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