Re: Cap size for arsg?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

I think i have about 16 turns on the primary.  Yes, you are correct.  Since
you are usuing a higher BPS, it takes less time for the capacitor to charge
to some specific voltage.  Although
the energy per bang is less, the bang rate is much higher.  There is a happy
point in there between bang rate and bang size, but I still haven't got the
specifics down yet.

Dan



 > Wow. Good assumptions. =D Anyways, with having such a small tank
 > capacitance, and your secondary coil being as big as it is, you must have
a
 > huge number of primary turns for it to be in tune, right? Is the reason
you
 > want the capacitance to be smaller the fact that the arsg has a higher
bps?
 >
 > Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz "
 >
 >
 > When you say PT, I assume you mean potential transformer. And when you say
 > potential transformer, I assume you are speaking of the standard 14.4kV,
 > 1.5kVA GE PTs most of us have been using. Anyways, if you are using a ARSG
 > and running at about 3kW (short durations), i found a 0.01uF to 0.027uF
 > capacitor to work extremely well. Terry Blake used a 0.01uF i believe with
 > his PT at the same power levels.
 >
 > Typically with ARSG, you want a capacitor which is smaller than resonant
 > size.
 >
 > Here is my website with my PT coil.
 >
 > http://www.spacecatlighting-dot-com/teslacoil7.htm
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >
 >
 >  > > Hi everybody,
 >  > > I am currently in the design phase for a PT powered coil.
 >  > It will probably
 >  > > be a whi! le before I can actually build the thing (money among other
 >  > things)
 >  > > but it can't hurt to dream right? =D I was just wondering
 >  > whether or not
 >  > > the primary cap value stays the same for an arsg. Could I
 >  > simply use an
 >  > LTR
 >  > > cap using the same (resonance * 1.5) equation using the wintesla
 >  > > reccomended value for a static gap? Or is it something
 >  > else? Thanks again!
 >  > >
 >  > >
 >  > > -Chris
 >  > >
 >
 > -Chris
 >
 >