[TCML] Interrupter Question

[Steve Ward]

Yeah, the interrupter just gates the coil ON and OFF.  The RF switching
occurs naturally on the control board, not from the interrupter control.

Is your diode heatsinked?  Is it also rated for at least 2*VAC*1.414 volts?

Just to be clear, normal interrrupter operation provides a pulse of say
20-200uS duration with repetition rate of 60 to 500 Hz.  The pulse basically
"enables" the tesla coil to oscillate, so you should see some RF switching
on the gate drive section at the Fres of the system.

Steve

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:16 AM, Brian <brianv at merr.com> wrote:

> Steve,
>
>
>
> The scale is actually in uS what I thought I was supposed to see was say a
> pulse train say with each pulse roughly 5us long with the total train
> lasting round 250 us. Then a break in the action and then another train of
> the same duration depending on the pots adjusted value. Now maybe I am not
> incorrect at what I thought I was supposed to see.
>
>
>
> --BrianV
>
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