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Re: 50 KVA Power Supply



Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From richard.quick-at-slug-dot-orgFri Sep 27 22:02:45 1996
> Date: Fri, 27 Sep 1996 04:19:00 GMT
> From: Richard Quick <richard.quick-at-slug-dot-org>
> To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: 50 KVA Power Supply
> 
> Richard Quick wrote:
>  For voltages in between,
> typically 12-15KV, I was stuck using paralleled banks of neons
> (which I still maintain). This presented a problem for a long
> time as most of my capacitance was suited for 12-15KV operation
> (I place my homemade caps in series), and this seems an ideal
> voltage range to run medium sized systems and experiments. As we
> have oft discussed here, neons are simply too delicate for the
> abuse that a serious experimenter deals out. Bipolar, Magnifiers,
> ground current transmission systems, etc., kept me as busy
> spending time tending to my neon bank as I was spending on the
> high frequency coil side. Large neon banks will also nickel and
> dime you to death over the long run if you let them.


> ship


 my setup should work
> fine now. I certainly don't think I have to worry about a weak
> transformer suppling my experiments.
> 
> Richard Quick
> 
> ... If all else fails... Throw another megavolt across it!
> ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12


Richard, 

The same here!  I now only use neons for small "dumo" coil systems, 
(under 1KW... mostly under 200 watts), for fun and games type show and 
tells.

Richard Hull, TCBOR