RE: [PHISH] Re: 813 vttc update...

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Original poster: "Anthony R. Mollner" <penny831@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I watched a stupid friend of mine take an MMC bank zap 'cause he built it so
fast that he didn't want to take the time to hook the bleeder resistors up
first. It was funny to me 'cause he's one of those know it all types.

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Subject: [PHISH] Re: 813 vttc update...


Original poster: "Drake Schutt" <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>

Dr. R- as I recall you told me once that you don't use bleeders on
MMC banks and they aren't necessary.  Have you changed your view or
does this just apply to VTTC coils?  Also I haven't forgotten about
those NSTs and stuff I was going to buy.  I'm sorta broke but I'm
selling some of my stuff on ebay so I can get my hands on some real power.

Drake

On 2/15/07, Tesla list <<mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Original poster: "resonance"
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Excellent looking coil Brett.  You might want to throw a few bleeder
resistors across those caps for your safety.  Most researchers get
severely shocked or killed during the initial lashup of new HV
circuits --- usually before they add the safety features for the
completed project.

Dr. Resonance
 >vttc fans,
 >
 >It seems that I have gotten at least 20" of spark in
 >my 813 vttc with a few changes.  I am now running with
 >only 3K of grid leak resistance.  I also cleaned up
 >some of the stray inductance around the base wiring by
 >making a few connections shorter.
 >
 >You can check out some pics of long sparks 19+ inches
 >on my website, as well as view the original video
 >(over 8 megs) those frames were grabbed from:
 >
 > http://www.hot-streamer.com/brett/vttc/813