Re: Sold state IGBT disruptive coil spark gap idea

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Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Gerry,

With the new inductor and all, it hits 22 inches about 
twice/second.  Probably could hit 23 easily and maybe 24 inches.  The 
exact primary power is 117W.

The Freau number in that case would be 2.22 but I am using actual 
capacitor energy x BPS instead of "wall plug" watts.  The above 
number agrees with DRSSTCs.

Probably the biggest power loss is, oddly, in the secondary coil's 
Rac at about 450 ohms.

The not ground hit ringdown is longer than expected so the IGBTs may 
be burning excess power due to the 250uS turn off time possibly being 
too short....  More to study there...

Cheers,

        Terry

At 12:56 AM 5/21/2006, you wrote:
> Hi Terry,
>
> Nice set of pictures.  Is your 115 watts wall power or at the SISG 
> (bang energy * BPS)???  Please tell us what the maximum spark length 
> is when you measure it.
>
> Gerry R
>
> > Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I tested the SISG gap and coil out tonight at 116 watts and it 
> > works fine ;-))  Firing voltage was 3600V   150nF   120BPS  105kHz...
> >
> > Here are the new boards all mounted up pretty:
> >
> > http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-01.JPG
> >
> > Here are the MOTs.  Didn't have time yet to mount them up nice:
> >
> > http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-02.JPG
> >
> > 6000V  150nF MMC:
> >
> > http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-03.JPG
> >
> > Bridge rectifier:
> >
> > http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-04.JPG
> >
> > Here it is arcing nicely to a point 15 inches away.  It could have 
> > gone further:
> >
> > http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-05.JPG
> >
> > Here is a little 14Meg movie I put on rapidshare.de:
> >
> > <http://rapidshare.de/files/20978558/SISG-NEW.AVI.html>http://rapidshare.de/files/20978558/SISG-NEW.AVI.html
> >
> > Go to the bottom and click "free",  Wait about a minute for the 
> > countdown timer, type the funny letters in the box and download 
> > it.  You don't have to log on or pay anything.
> >
> > I ran into a charging loop problem so I stopped for the night 
> > (tired :-p). But the SISG gap is working perfectly!!!  The heat 
> > sinks barely get warm. I never used any ballasting.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >         Terry