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Re: Proposed DC Drive
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: Proposed DC Drive
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From: Tesla List <mod1@pupman.com>
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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 08:45:12 -0600 (MDT)
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Approved: mod1@poodle.pupman.com
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Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 20:03:18 +0000
From: Greg Leyh <lod@pacbell.net>
To: Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>
Subject: Re: Proposed DC Drive
Larry Robertson wrote:
> >Also, the gap doesn't have to reverse the polarity to
> >achieve the same effect. The energy per pulse is the same,
> >whether you run the resonance caps at +15 or -15kV.
> >-GL
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> That diagram is alot clearer if you draw it on paper.
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> I think at the instant the gaps fire, the primary coil will see
> 30 kV - the 15kV in the resonance cap, added to the 15 kV in
> the storage cap.
Unfortunately, the primary will only see 15kV peak, since the
0.05 caps are _uncharged_ when the gap closes. I didn't see
any way that they were being precharged.
-GL