Re: Info on a BIG Marx generator

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


We make the big ones using 3.5 uF per stage at 100 kV.  If you drop in for
our Teslathon I can discuss it with you.  Too busy for the next month to do
a lot of email work.

Dr. Resonance

 >
 > Since I now have a 150 kVDC power supply (in my latest x-ray trans-
 > former) I was wondering where I could find info on building a multi-
 > stage Marx bank using the x-ray tranny as the HVDC source for
 > charging the caps? This would obviously be a pretty aggressive HV
 > project and it may take me a long time to get the neccessary parts$$
 > together to build it but I was thinking that this would really be neat ;^)
 > Anyway, I would need some info on the ratings of the caps, inductors,
 > and resistors for this as I'm not a HV electrical engineer by trade.
 > Since this would be getting OT for the Tesla list, please send any
 > responses to me directly. I was thinking of 8 to 10 stages with 100
 > to 125 kV per stage (Mega-volt land!!)  and at least 1000 joules
 > per cascade discharge ;^))))) I have done a casual google search
 > on this subject but most of the info is for really small Marx genera-
 > tors.
 >
 > Thanks,
 > David
 >
 >
 >