Re: DC Powered Large Tesla Coils

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Original poster: "george hadle by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ckreol1-at-yahoo-dot-com>

As used in electronics, asynchronous means that the
operation is/can be performed independent of any clock
signal.  Time is not a factor. Used in override
situations,too.

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
 > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 > Isn't that what Asynchronous Rotary Spark Gap means
 > ? ? ? ?
 >
 > I guess I did reverse a letter.  Should have been
 > ARSG.
 >
 > Dan
 >
 >
 >
 >  > Dan -
 >  >
 >  > Did you mean to say "RSG" instead of "ASRG"?
 >  >
 >  > With a DC charging system there's no
 > "synchronism" to speak of.
 >  >
 >  > Regards,
 >  > Scott Hanson
 >  > ----- Original Message -----
 >  > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 >  > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 2:32 PM
 >  > Subject: DC Powered Large Tesla Coils
 >  >
 >  >
 >  >  > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of
 > Terry Fritz
 >  > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >  > I finally got my High Voltage resonant-mode DC
 > power supply to work
 > this
 >  >  > past week and am ready to begin thinking
 >  >  > how I am going to incorporate this into the DC
 > Tesla Coil I am planning
 > on
 >  >  > building.
 >  >  > Using a dummy load set-up, I managed to get a
 > sustained output of
 > 2000mA
 >  > at
 >  >  > 45.5kVDC.  However, I am planning on
 >  >  > running the supply at a much lower current at
 > about 500mA at 45kVDC.
 > My
 >  >  > current plan calls for a large conventional
 >  >  > type tesla coil running with a large ARSG.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > My question is, that I wanted to get some
 > advice, 'lessons learned',
 >  > etc...
 >  >  > from people who have already ventured into
 >  >  > the DC powered tesla coil arena.  I'm current
 > working on some very
 >  > detailed
 >  >  > simulations to see the effects of varying
 >  >  > BPS and cap size is for something like this.
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Any advice, comments, appreciated!
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Thanks
 >  >  > Dan
 >  >  >
 >