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Joined: Tue Aug 25 2009, 02:35AM
Location: Leyte, PH
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here is a rebuild of my SSTC...
after killing a dozen mosfets, I again gathered MORE info... but mostly it was lack of know-how on the interrupter circuit having LARGE ON TIME at low BPS (1Hz 10mS perhaps //was thr single 555 interruptor ckt) and NO decoupling cap at bridge!!! I was using VCO/PLL <and maybe some hard switching> ... sigh..
the Halfbridge, the osc/gdt driver/DR interrupter
the osc circuit mostly from the miniBRUTE (thanks Dan/EVR) only lacking is the LM311 and associated electronics for current sensing..but it does have shutdown feature although not used for now..
fullwave rectified + 100uF smoothing cap... and 47uF de-coupling cap..also my gdt.. yeah its SMALL but with only 15T = 970uH.. nice find!
interruptor..still coppied from the advanced modulator but only part of it.. cap used was 39nF instead of 33nF for the BPS and PW...
CT feedback through secondary base.. 44T = 760uH .... my board also has provision for antenna feedback but I think CT feedback is better
lower left is the MMC = 50nF @ 1.5Kv primary coil is 33uH(measured)
arc from 110Vac 500w stepdown... If I draw an ARC using GND wire (at >>200uS ON time & 220BPS) I could SEE the difference between a normal SSTC and a DR-SSTC... the ARCS appear to be continuous .... though output is thin and branching.. maybe IF I "up" my ON time, maybe I will get THICKER arc... BUT IM AFRAID i will just kill the lowly IRFP450 im using in there...
I have powered this thing direct from 220Vac mains, and the output IS wow! Im afraid to draw ARCs.. LoL... its noisy also.. maybe later I will post video..estimate of arcs-to-air is about 6-7", I havent tried drawing arc to GND yet ( I know they are GREAT to) I just love the streamers, sort of an SGTC...
AND maybe will just power this up using halfwave rectified mains UNsmoothed so I dont risk killing my mosfets...
or IM NOT SURE IF I can really make this a proper DR... and I cant get IGBT either ..and lack of resources to order one...
Im not really sure what to DOafter this.. maybe I will just be happy with it being an SSTC...
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Joined: Tue Aug 25 2009, 02:35AM
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Hi Robert2
I may improve my GDT turns If I manage to get a bigger diameter torroid core(otherwise its working beautifully)... for the GDT, 15T = 970uH is a good ferrite material... im driving my gdt driver chips (UCCxxxx) at 15V so no need to go 1:2:2 unless someone can donate IGBTs as christmas gifts... LoL
the arcs "look" small because Im using an interruptor FOR A DR(w/c btw has very narrow ON time) .... I have tested it with my other interrupter(using single 555//classic sstc int) and THEY DO create THICKER arcs...though I had to use halfwave rectified unsmoothed supply...
one more thing to experiment for now, need to get better coupling of the primary...
oh and BTW, my main concern with THIS THREAD was: will it be OK to turn this into a DR ( a low powered one is FINE by me ) with the use of AT LEAST IRFP450?? though I could get IRFP460(but not cheaper)
or just forget it and be happy with an SSTC?
EDIT: SEC_Freso btw is around 210KHz with topload(1.35" x 9") though I could go lower by adding more smaller torroid topload...
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Sorry to bust a question into a thread but..A CT is supose to have only 1 coil on the tesla connections? I miss heard then! i did my tesla coil to 30 turns, then to ground. and 1 turn for the antenna of the UCC..Whoops?
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Killa-X wrote ...
Sorry to bust a question into a thread but..A CT is supose to have only 1 coil on the tesla connections? I miss heard then! i did my tesla coil to 30 turns, then to ground. and 1 turn for the antenna of the UCC..Whoops?
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Joined: Tue Aug 25 2009, 02:35AM
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brtaman wrote ...
Nice work, raff! The board looks great.
What are your future plans for the coil, I see you made the MMC, I assume DR is the future for the coil?
Best Regards, brtaman
Hi Rok,
I have made FEWER turns on the primary (now its 7 only, it was 13 before) now I could get 10"-11" arcs to free air.. NOW I have exceeded the secondary coil length (10") YAY!:-D
I forgot to mention, my supply is 220Vac -> halfwave rectified mains UNfiltered..
later this afternoon (about 5PM) I will take a vid of it...
yeah, DR is on the way.. though I have to re-calculate my primary LC tank... primary L=10uH and the secondary(and topload) unloaded Freso = 178KHz ... any idea how LOW the Freso will be when it is doing breakouts?
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