Re: solid state nst? -works good

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Original poster: tesla popp <teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>

Ofcource.  I claim no recognition for the obvious.
Just seemed that no one had really explaned the
situation, so I did.  Solid state supplies do make for
a compact coil...

Coiler Forever: Jeremiah Popp


--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: "Qndre Qndre"
> <qndre_encrypt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hey, Jeremiah.
>
> Of course you can rectify the output using fast
> diodes and supply
> your TC with DC. However, this is nothing special.
> It would work with
> any other current-limited DC source as well, for
> example a switching
> power supply. But you can not use the AC a
> flourescent lamp inverter
> supplies like you use the 50/60 cycle AC in a coil
> driven by a mains
> transformer since your cap will charge during one
> half cycle of the
> mains but it will not charge during a half cycle of
> the relatively
> high frequency these solid state supplies deliver
> (32 kHz from yours,
> but there are 50 kHz ones as well). If you rectify
> the output,
> there's nothing special about it. Your capacitor
> will take several
> cycles of the pulsating DC to charge. If the voltage
> is high enough,
> your spark gap fires and causes the oscillation to
> start ... just
> like in any other TC.
>
> Regards, Q.
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: solid state nst? -works good
> Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 08:03:11 -0700
>
>
> Original poster: tesla popp <teslas_lab@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> I have an "open case" (non potted) solid state
> supply
> from a beer sign.  Since you have been discussing
> its
> usefullness, I tested one of these.  Name plate says
> 7000v @ 20mA.  Output is a 1/2 wave "AC" @ 32KHz.
> Like a plasma globe driver, it is usless in a tesla
> circuit by itself, SOOOOOOOOO...
>
> I tooked a single HV diode from an old B&W TV, put
> it
> on the output,  and it works great.  Nice little 6"
> sparks off the top of the secondary.  The static
> gap's
> breakrate sounds like ~800bps+.
>
> Can't see how else these might be made, but I know
> this one works well if it is rectified.
>
> Hope that helps someone...
> Coiler Forever: Jeremiah Popp
>
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