Re: Ultimate hi K for maggy

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Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>

Is it OK to reverse the positions of L2 and C2 -as this is how they are in
my setup.
What are likely consequences of this with respect for the overall
performance?
Jolyon
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Subject: Re: Ultimate hi K for maggy


 > Original poster: "Emil J. Schauer by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <eschauer-at-adelphia-dot-net>
 >
 > Can someone point me to a "how to read ASCII schematics" section. I may be
 > missing something by not being able to decipher the artwork.
 >
 > Emil Schauer
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
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 > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 7:22 PM
 > Subject: Re: Ultimate hi K for maggy
 >
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz
 > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
 >  >
 >  > Tesla list wrote:
 >  >
 >  >  > Original poster: "Jolyon Vater Cox by way of Terry Fritz
 >  > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jolyon-at-vatercox.freeserve.co.uk>
 >  >  >
 >  >  > Would it be possible to use an ungrounded PSU with a transformerless
 > setup
 >  >  > if a balanced/unbalance network were used?
 >  >
 >  > With two resonator coils, it's possible to keep everything balanced,
 >  > from the power supply to the output. The result is equivalent to a
 >  > "twin Tesla coil":
 >  >
 >  > A balanced transformerless Tesla coil:
 >  >
 >  > NST+ o-----+--C1--+---L2---(===) <-terminal, capacitance C2
 >  >             |      |
 >  >             o      |
 >  > gnd  o    gap    2L1-------o gnd
 >  >             o      |
 >  >             |      |
 >  > NST- o-----+--C1--+---L2---(===) <-terminal, capacitance C2
 >  >
 >  > Better to ground the center of L1 for safety. This structure is very
 >  > simple and economical, but results in long energy transfer time, or
 >  > low voltage gain. The doubled capacitor may be just an MMC split in
 >  > two.
 >  >
 >  > A balanced transformerless magnifier:
 >  >
 >  > NST+ o-----+--C1--+---L2---+---L3---(===) term, capacitance C3
 >  >             |      |        |
 >  >             o      |        C2
 >  > gnd  o    gap    2L1-------+--------o gnd
 >  >             o      |        C2
 >  >             |      |        |
 >  > NST- o-----+--C1--+---L2---+---L3---(===) term, capacitance C3
 >  >
 >  > The C2 capacitances are high voltage capacitors with small
 >  > capacitance, and can be made with flat plates, maybe under oil.
 >  > The doubling of L2 is an inconvenience, since it may be a quite
 >  > large inductor (~1 mH). This structure eliminates in great part
 >  > the compromise with energy transfer time x gain that is
 >  > characteristic of transformerless structures.
 >  >
 >  > Formulas for the structures:
 >  > http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/mres4.html
 >  > http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq/mres6.html
 >  >
 >  > High-pass (capacitive transformer) and band-pass versions
 >  > are also possible.
 >  >
 >  > Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >
 >