RE: DRSSTC III Success 48" arcs from a 12" secondary!

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Original poster: gary350@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

How many second exposure is the photo at this link?

http://www.easternvoltageresearch.com/drsstc03_01.jpg





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>Sent: Jun 13, 2006 10:33 PM
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>Subject: RE: DRSSTC III Success 48" arcs from a 12" secondary!
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>Original poster: <dhmccauley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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>Thanks to Part Scavenger . . .
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>The correct link should be:
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>http://www.easternvoltageresearch.com/drsstc03_01.jpg
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>Thanks
>Dan
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>DRSSTC III Success . . .
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>Well, i have met great success with the prototype DRSSTC III coil i've been
>working on for the past year.  Our final prototype is finished and we have
>successfully exceeded our initial goal of 30" and we had many hits to a 48"
>strike target this evening.
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>Originally, I had kept my current limit to approximately 550A, and this was
>keeping arc length down to about 32-34".  However, once I pushed it up
>almost 700A, and reduced pulsewidth from 300us to 100us, i was easily
>hitting 40"-48" targets with no problems whatsoever.
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>I'm sure with increasing the current limit a bit more, i could probably
>snake a few more inches and possibly hit 50", but better not be greedy!!!
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>Here is a photo (composite) of the DRSSTC III running this evening.  The
>strike target in the top right of the target is 40" from the break-out
>point, and the distance to the cable where the arc at right bottom is
>hitting is about 45".
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>http://www.easternvoltageresearch.com/drsstc3_01.jpg
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>Not bad from a 12" secondary, eh???
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>Dan
>http://www.drsstcbook.com
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