Quote from: dutchy1966 on July 31, 2009, 01:52:24 PM
Hi Yucca,

Great job you are doing there!

If we look at kapnadze's patent it seems to me that you now have build the part 1/2/3/4/5. Basically you have got the high voltage sparkgap running nicely.

As far as I understand kapandze and Dom Smith the next stage should be connecting the low turn primary (part 6 in the patent) of a tesla transformer. The back and forward rushes through the sparkgap will be amplified by the Tesla transformer. This is where the magic happens. Then the output of the tesla transformer's secondary needs rectiefying by a high voltage FWBR. Only after that comes the Inverter circuit and (step down) output transformer.

I'm not really sure if that is what you are trying to do...Can you explain what you're trying to do next?

Keep up the great work, it's appreciated!

regards,

Dutchy

As a side-note, you are mixing two patents up.
In Kapanadze`s patent the primary is the high turn coil and the secondary is the low turn coil (step-down).
In some of D. Smith patents  step-ups have been used.

Yucca
Do you realize that a tv transformer(LOPTX) has a split diode secondary, this means it has integral diodes with multiple segmented secondaries in series with these diodes, this is done to limit the ac potential dielectric stress.

So it is not ac you are getting out, it is pulsed dc, if you keep the cathode ray tude and connect the final anode to this with the aquadag(tube gnd) in place connected to your earth you will have a giant high voltage capacitor which will store and smooth your 32kv dc voltage, but beware this is lethal when on, and still potentialy lethal when off if the internal bleed resistor or focus control pot has not been connected properly.

Peter

@all

I have been having bad luck lately, almost everything is getting damaged.
The last thing I lost was my iron solder.

But the thing is that we have to be positive, if we are given lemons, we make lemonade.

I recycled the iron solder handle into a beautiful tesla coil.
Keep the good work!

Jesus

@ Yucca

Great video. Thanks. I liked the Jacob's ladder.

EDIT: deleted, not sure if it was correct.

Quote from: dutchy1966 on July 31, 2009, 01:52:24 PM
Hi Yucca,

Great job you are doing there!

If we look at kapnadze's patent it seems to me that you now have build the part 1/2/3/4/5. Basically you have got the high voltage sparkgap running nicely.

As far as I understand kapandze and Don Smith the next stage should be connecting the low turn primary (part 6 in the patent) of a tesla transformer. The back and forward rushes through the sparkgap will be amplified by the Tesla transformer. This is where the magic happens. Then the output of the tesla transformer's secondary needs rectifying by a high voltage FWBR. Only after that comes the Inverter circuit and (step down) output transformer.

I'm not really sure if that is what you are trying to do...Can you explain what you're trying to do next?

Keep up the great work, it's appreciated!

regards,

Dutchy

Hi Dutchy,

I''ve made an HV supply. The video was showing off maximum gap. I intend to use a much smaller gap in my replication along with capacitance.

What i do next depends on what parts arrive first. But I intend to now make these modules:

• 
  HV cap and adjustable tungsten wire gap.
  
  
• 
  aircoil trafo, will use low turn for output. high turn for input.
  
  
• 
  collection stage, HV FWBT and low ESR HV cap.
  
  I am not planning on closing the loop just yet, but I will definitely monitor input and output. Input power will be calculated between gap and primary coil so disregarding flyback inneficiency.