Congratulations! Thats got to feel good.
Tim Flood
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Yurtle Turtle <yurtle_t@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Good to hear. Are you using the treadmill motor discussed a while back?
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> From: David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2014 10:30 PM
> Subject: [TCML] I think I fixed it ;^)
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>
> Hi all,
>
> For those of you who remember my "help please" thread, about my Green
> Monster Tesla coil suddenly seeming to have developed an appetite for the
> FWB rectifier for the ARSG motor, I think I have fixed the problem (keeping
> my fingers crossed). I tried mounting the FWB "brick" on a flat piece of
> cop-
> per for heat sinking WITHOUT grounding the external metal case of the
> brick.
> I also installed an extra corcom line filter upstream of the FWB and in-
> stalled a 20 amp button circuit breaker upstream of the RSG control
> variac, so as to not engulf it in flames in case of another FWB going
> dead short. I wheeled her out tonight and I ran her for a good minute
> or so without a hitch (it was smoking the FWB rectifiers within seconds
> before making the "corrections"). I was still a bit "gun shy" to really let
> her rock tonight but was able to determine that I had obviously cor-
> rected the rectifier eating problem. Thanks for the helpful suggestions to
> all who responded to my "plea".
>
> David Rieben
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