DC Tesla Coil Questions (fwd)

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Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:40:21 +1000
From: T476202 A. Wang 2007 <tangara_02@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: DC Tesla Coil Questions

Hi,

Iv'e decided to start on a DC coil project for my 2nd coil. Does anyone have 
any ideas? Im using 2 MOTs in series, and a standard doubler. I have a 
Maxwell 35kV 0.03uF capacitor, and using a 3000-3600rpm ARSG. So here are 
the questions:

A: What happens if you leave the charging reactor or the charging resistor 
out, and put the D-Qing diode in its place?

B: Is there some form of commercially available charging reactor/choke 
because I dont have the time to make my own.

C: With SCRs/thyristors, does a positive or negative charge need to be 
applied to the gate to turn it on, or any charge?

Thanks in advance for the help. Ill post up some pictures once Im done with 
this coil.

P.S. NSTs die a bit too quickly. They dont like ARSGs much at all...

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