Re: Solid-State spark gap replacement

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Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hi,

If you look at the specs of these things you'll
find that they aren't suitable for Tesla coil usage.

The tesla coil spark gap is basically a high voltage,
high current, low resistance switch capable of passing
AC at RF frequencie. The typical tesla spark gap
switch should be able to handle about 21,000VAC,
500-1000Amps, and have an on resistance of 3 ohms or
so, and is
capable of carrying all that at 200,000 or so
cycles per second. The most important factors that
contributes to spark length are low on resistances,
proper quenching, and timing.

For any particular solid state device you'll
find that it does not satisfy all of the above
requirements as well as a typical rotary or
sucker spark gap.


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Stephen Conner by way of Terry
 > Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <steve-at-scopeboy-dot-com>
 >
 > Check this stuff out
 >
 > http://www.behlke.de/
 >
 > Steve C.
 >
 >
 >