Re: some new ideas for the SSTC guys

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben-at-midsouth.rr-dot-com> 

Hi Kreso,

Hiatus (noun)- 1. a break where a part is missing or lost
2. any gap or interruption as in continuity or time.

So, basically, Dan's taking a break from coiling for a while :^(

David Rieben

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Subject: Re: some new ideas for the SSTC guys


 > Original poster: "Kreso Bukvic" <kreso.bukvic-at-kc.htnet.hr>
 >
 > Well im going to be stupid again :-).
 >
 > But what is a hiatus?
 >
 > Best Regards
 >
 > Kreso Bukvic
 > ----- Original Message -----
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 > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:47 AM
 > Subject: RE: some new ideas for the SSTC guys
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "McCauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > Very interesting. Thanks for posting the idea.
 >  > I am in the process of taking a hiatus in tesla coiling for
 >  > at least six months now so I won't really have time to test your idea.
 >  > But i'm sure
 >  > maybe Steve or Jimmy would try it.
 >  >
 >  > Dan
 >  >
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 >  >
 >  >  >Problem --- Exploding IGBTs when they are hit with a sec - pri
 >  >  >spark (Terry
 >  >  >Blake's coil terrible demise at our Teslathon).
 >  >  >
 >  >  >A few years ago I did some experiments with a flat spiral coil
 >  >  >(18 dia.
 >  >  >sec.).  In the classic configuration with a .05 uF cap, RSG,
 >  >  >and 4.5 turn
 >  >  >primary the sec sprayed out 8 ft long sparks.
 >  >  >
 >  >  >At the urging of a plasma physics guru from UW-Madison (Paul
 >  >  >Nonn for those
 >  >  >of you who might remember meeting him at Ed's recent
 >  >  >Teslathon), I removed
 >  >  >the sec coil and placed it on a stand 10 feet away.  I used a
 >  >  >7 inch corona
 >  >  >ball on the bottom to prevent any corona and used a single tap which
I
 >  >  >attached to the "normal" primary coil.  With some re-tuning it
 >  >  >was again
 >  >  >spraying out 8 ft sparks.
 >  >  >
 >  >  >What I'm getting at here, is, the SSTC experimenters, Dan M.,
 >  >  >Steve W.,
 >  >  >etc, might try using a larger dia sec coil and then use a
 >  >  >15-20 turn test
 >  >  >primary coil while feeding the sec coil a few feet away.  If
 >  >  >this works,
 >  >  >then the greatest danger to SSTCing, ie, blowing the IGBTs
 >  >  >should become a
 >  >  >problem of the past.
 >  >  >
 >  >  >It will take some experimenting --- perhaps the best tap is
 >  >  >"inside" the
 >  >  >normal classic tap location or perhaps it will be "outside",
 >  >  >but either
 >  >  >way, getting the sec away from the primary to act as a series
 >  >  >fed setup
 >  >  >should eliminate the IGBT explosion problem.  If it does work
 >  >  >the primary
 >  >  >can be either a flat spiral or normal solenoid coil ---
 >  >  >perhaps enclosed in
 >  >  >clear acrylic with a large "feeder" wire over to the sec coil.
 >  >  >
 >  >  >If someone DRSSTC tinkering wants to experiment with this idea
 >  >  >on their
 >  >  >present or planned near future coil, please advise and I will
 >  >  >send you a
 >  >  >nice 10 ft long chunk of #6 AWG for experiments --- with 125 kV BIL
 >  >  >insulation --- it's 1 inch thick and offers great HV feedwire
 >  >  >performance.  We use this "big Red" on all our HV power
 >  >  >supplies to feed
 >  >  >the 14.4 kV HV over to the base of the oscillator.
 >  >  >
 >  >  >Might work, might not, but worth trying.
 >  >  >
 >  >  >Dr. Resonance
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