RGTC first light
ShawnLG, Thu Mar 29 2007, 11:33PMI have finally finished my rotary gap tesla coil. The secondary is three feet long with 30 guage wire on it. I used a MOT with voltage dubler for DC charging the main tank cap. The rotery system uses a 1/4 HP AC motor with four brass bolt electrodes on a PP disk. Unfortunately, I am only getting just shy of one foot arcs. I have already tried tuning it.
Re: RGTC first light
hvguy, Fri Mar 30 2007, 01:43AM
How about some detailed specs? Tank cap size/type, primary turns, etc...
hvguy, Fri Mar 30 2007, 01:43AM
How about some detailed specs? Tank cap size/type, primary turns, etc...
Re: RGTC first light
ShawnLG, Sat Mar 31 2007, 02:07PM
"How about some detailed specs? Tank cap size/type, primary turns, etc..."
Tank cap is a doorknob MMC which is 40kv at .001uf. The primery has four turns and the secondary has around 1500 turns. The motor rotates at about 1015 RPM. I didn't have time to debug the coil yesterday because of a long bike ride. I fired it up again and I still don't know what is wrong, some members can obtain thick toroid to primary strikes by using MOTs.
ShawnLG, Sat Mar 31 2007, 02:07PM
"How about some detailed specs? Tank cap size/type, primary turns, etc..."
Tank cap is a doorknob MMC which is 40kv at .001uf. The primery has four turns and the secondary has around 1500 turns. The motor rotates at about 1015 RPM. I didn't have time to debug the coil yesterday because of a long bike ride. I fired it up again and I still don't know what is wrong, some members can obtain thick toroid to primary strikes by using MOTs.
Re: RGTC first light
Electroholic, Sat Mar 31 2007, 04:51PM
tank cap is way too small.
Electroholic, Sat Mar 31 2007, 04:51PM
tank cap is way too small.
Re: RGTC first light
Tom540, Sat Mar 31 2007, 04:54PM
Yeah that does sound small. Especially with that primary you have. What size is your secondaryand what awg wire are you using?
Tom540, Sat Mar 31 2007, 04:54PM
Yeah that does sound small. Especially with that primary you have. What size is your secondaryand what awg wire are you using?
Re: RGTC first light
ShawnLG, Sun Apr 01 2007, 02:10AM
"tank cap is way too small."
I thought so. They are the only HV caps I have. I had sold my maxwells(35kv at .03uf) a while ago. They would of been much better.
ShawnLG, Sun Apr 01 2007, 02:10AM
"tank cap is way too small."
I thought so. They are the only HV caps I have. I had sold my maxwells(35kv at .03uf) a while ago. They would of been much better.
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