Re: Sold state IGBT disruptive coil spark gap idea

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Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Terry,

Nice set of pictures.  Is your 115 watts wall power or at the SISG 
(bang energy * BPS)???  Please tell us what the maximum spark length 
is when you measure it.

Gerry R

> Original poster: Vardan <vardan01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I tested the SISG gap and coil out tonight at 116 watts and it works 
> fine ;-))  Firing voltage was 3600V   150nF   120BPS  105kHz...
>
> Here are the new boards all mounted up pretty:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-01.JPG
>
> Here are the MOTs.  Didn't have time yet to mount them up nice:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-02.JPG
>
> 6000V  150nF MMC:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-03.JPG
>
> Bridge rectifier:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-04.JPG
>
> Here it is arcing nicely to a point 15 inches away.  It could have 
> gone further:
>
> http://drsstc.com/~sisg/SISG-NEW-05.JPG
>
> Here is a little 14Meg movie I put on rapidshare.de:
>
> <http://rapidshare.de/files/20978558/SISG-NEW.AVI.html>http://rapidshare.de/files/20978558/SISG-NEW.AVI.html
>
> Go to the bottom and click "free",  Wait about a minute for the 
> countdown timer, type the funny letters in the box and download 
> it.  You don't have to log on or pay anything.
>
> I ran into a charging loop problem so I stopped for the night (tired 
> :-p). But the SISG gap is working perfectly!!!  The heat sinks 
> barely get warm. I never used any ballasting.
>
> Cheers,
>
>         Terry