Re: [TCML] Massive VTTC!!!

[Frosty <frosty90@xxxxxxxxx>]

WOW!
 A 50kW VTTC, please I need to see photos/videos! That sounds......I cannot
even put a word to it!

On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 7:00 PM, Carlos Van Camp <
carlos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi guys (and gals),
> I have been building a VERY large VTTC for the past 2 years, and I am in
> the final stages of testing and tuning.
> This machine has been built with brand new high power components and has an
> input power capacity of upto 50kw.
> The valve is a tetrode (4CX15000a) with a plate dissapation of upto 15kw.
> I am an experienced builder of large SGTC, but fairly new to valve coils.
> The trouble is that dispite an input of 30-35kw of power (CW mode), I am
> only achieving arcs 2-3 foot long (6 arcs at once coming off the top
> electrode).
> I understand that VTTC's make much shorter arcs for the power applied, but
> I have heard of people making arcs 8 ft long with less power than I have
> available...
> So... What am I doing wrong...?
>
> Does using a stacatto system truely make arcs longer...? Or does it just
> reduce the input power?
>
> Does any body have practical experience using thyratrons in place of spark
> gaps, and would one be suitable to produce a musical coil? (ie changing
> pulse rate to play tunes etc)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos.
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