Re: [TCML] mini Tesla coil specs

["Paul Brodie" <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,
It's been a very long time.
This is the primary reason I would like to change this to use the SCR's, I 
had a typo earlier and wrote SRC, oops.
If nothing else, I was considering firing them with a type of 555 IC driver 
circuit I have been working on. Is there some reason this won't work? With a 
2,000 volt MOT and 3 of these 1200 volt 95A SCR's in series, can't I just 
fire the gates with the 555 at whatever rate I would like? I am 
oversimplifying what I actually plan to do to fire them but this is the 
general idea.
Paul
Think Positive

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Terren" <pterren@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] mini Tesla coil specs


> It doesn't work well with an SISG driver. The SIDAC's get hot probably due 
> to the much higher firing rate. Works fine on a larger coil with lower 
> Fres though.
>
> Peter www.tesladownunder.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Paul Brodie" <pbbrodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> > Would low voltage Tesla Coils like these work well with the SISG method 
> > of firing the coil, like Mark Dunn has on his web site, versus using a 
> > standard spark gap? Anyway, I am trying to do this or at least something 
> > similar. I bought 6, 1200V 95 A SRC's that I'm going to try to use 
> > several of them in series to fire a single MOT. Any comments or ideas on 
> > this?
> > Paul
> > Think Positive
>
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