Re: DC Supply

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: DC Supply
From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 04:58:11 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

> Original Poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> 
> "> Have genuine 3-phase to my house to supply a large air-conditioner.
> Could
> > use this, but will need a friendly electrician to supply parallel outlets
> > with same.  IF I could phase shift AC supply to 3 NSTs (propose 10 kV /
120
> > mA each) then rectify this, seems this would be a good solution.
> 
> Wow, you're all set!  Just hang a NST on each phase.
> Tapping the A/C power seems much easier and more fun
> than trying to build a phase shifter.

>         What's wrong with even a single-phase rectifier, followed by a large
> filter capacitor before the charging inductor????  Will certainly work
> fine.  A lot of early radar sets did exactly that.
> 
> Ed

If you can use the shunt in the NST to define
the charging currents, it would obviate the 
need for a charging reactor at all, between 
the big cap and the tank ckt.
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-GL
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