RE: [TCML] Terry filters

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

Hi Bill:

There are two components to the power dissipated in the resistors of a Terry filter.  The actual power dissipated in the resistors is the sum of two things.

First is the P=I*I*R from the NST current through the resistors.  Note that the actual RMS NST secondary current can actually be MUCH higher than the faceplate current rating!

A less obvious component has to do with the fact that each time the gap discharges the main cap through the primary, it also discharges the caps in the Terry filter through the resistors in the Terry filter. Unlike the energy in the main cap, the energy in the TF caps is just wasted as heat in the resistors, and is BPS-dependant.  It's this that sets an upper limit on how large a cap we want to use in the TF.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA



> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Bill Lemieux
> Sent: Monday, December 31, 2007 7:31 PM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [TCML] Terry filters
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2007, at 8:53 PM, bartb wrote:
>
> > A Terry Filter can dissipate about 100 to 200 watts easily.
> >
> > Each gap conduction must be added. For a Terry Filter or similar,
> > consider the following:
> >
> > P = 2 x 0.5 x C x V^2 x BPS
> >
> > Now do the math.
> >
> > You'll find it is still be low comparatively, but not quite as low
> > as you are thinking.
>
> I must be missing something.  How can the current be any higher than
> feeding a dead short?
> At 120mA continuous, I'm assuming not just intermittent gap
> conductions, but actually more
> as if the gap were shorting the transformer 100% duty cycle.
>
> (unless you're running a resonant cap, something I'll never do, as I
> don't care to risk
> my hard-to-replace 120mA NST)
>
> > Take care,
> > Bart
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