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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 97 00:15:46 UT
From: Larry Robertson <LWRobertson-at-classic.msn-dot-com>
To: Tesla Builders <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: DC drive
Hi ...
>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
In light of Greg's conjecture, I reduced the circuit to it's
irreducible minimum, and discovered I have reinvented
the push-pull circuit:
+
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0 0
/
G1 0-----Lpri-----Cpri--------0 G2
/
0 0
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-------------------------------------
|
_
I had complicated the picture by choosing a gap with the electrodes
facing each other, and incorporating both switches on the same wheel.
I now see a simpler gap can be built using only two rotating electrodes,
but double ended.
I still think Cpri will remain charged as the gaps comutate, resulting
in Lpri seeing 30kV on each discharge except for the very first one.
Didn't I see a post just a few weeks ago saying there wasn't anything
in coiling that hadn't already been thought of. Case in point.
LR