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Re: TSG with DC?



Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Use a charging reactor and diode in series going to your tank circuit and
> gap. Because you are resonantly charging, the tank capacitor gets
> re-charged by a smooth sinusoidal voltage instead of an exponential and the
> series inductor limits the charging current. Both dramatically reduce the
> incidence of gap reignition and power arcing as long as you use a suitably
> sized charging inductor.

	Also, you charge the capacitor to twice the power supply voltage.

Ed