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I was afraid to use semiconductors for Tesla coils, but with the 'slayer exciter' it wend all very smooth without fallout. Spark is 1 mm, but TL-lamps can lit at a distance from 20 cm!
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Patric wrote ...
I was afraid to use semiconductors for Tesla coils, but with the 'slayer exciter' it wend all very smooth without fallout. Spark is 1 mm, but TL-lamps can lit at a distance from 20 cm!
Perfect for the semiconductor-beginner!
I always wondered why they gave such a high EMF without much spark discharge, why is that they're high frequency?
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This is exactly where I started... What I found was using JavaTC (TC designer) you can get your component values and tune it more appropriately. Adding the tuned capacitor from Collector to Emitter (you may have to reverse the primary leads) 'should' help increase output.
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jdub1581hv wrote ...
This is exactly where I started... What I found was using JavaTC (TC designer) you can get your component values and tune it more appropriately. Adding the tuned capacitor from Collector to Emitter (you may have to reverse the primary leads) 'should' help increase output.
The pressure inside the radiometer is relatively high, so the lower average currents and field strength from a traditional spark gap coil isn't enough to excite the gas inside. The high average field strength and currents from a SSTC running CW can excite much more difficult tubes, even a small low power one like a slayer exciter.
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