Re: Tesla Coil toroid Size

• To: tesla-at-PUPMAN-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Tesla Coil toroid Size
• From: Richard Hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 07:22:02 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: HomerLea-at-aol-dot-com
>
> In a message dated 9/20/98 7:14:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> writes:
>
> >  Full wave rectification, without filtering,
>
> Richard:
> I figured on some filtering but still lots of ripple. I have to do something
> with all those 50kv ,7uf caps I have. I figure as long as the power supply
> puts out a little more energy than the coil is using the system should
work OK
> or am I missing something as usual.
>
> jim
>
> jim heagy    homerlea-at-aol-dot-com

  I would think that with full wave rectification just one of those 7 ufd caps
would filter very well indeed.  You will need a carefully chosen limiter
resistor
or choke to buffer the filter and isolate it from the tank circuit.

Richard Hull, TCBOR

Richard

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