Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Dr. Drone, Mon Oct 29 2007, 03:04AM
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Spedy, Mon Oct 29 2007, 03:21AM
Wow, I have to say that is one nice TC. How tall is it right now? It must be a pain to move around. Does your grass get scorched? or any other evidence of the strikes? It would be neat to have some fulgurites to show off if it was even possible with a TC. Anyway, that TC is one cool thing. :)
Spedy, Mon Oct 29 2007, 03:21AM
Wow, I have to say that is one nice TC. How tall is it right now? It must be a pain to move around. Does your grass get scorched? or any other evidence of the strikes? It would be neat to have some fulgurites to show off if it was even possible with a TC. Anyway, that TC is one cool thing. :)
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
..., Mon Oct 29 2007, 03:22AM
sweet!
BTW, what that 94F before or after you went and turned on the 10KW heater...
..., Mon Oct 29 2007, 03:22AM
sweet!
BTW, what that 94F before or after you went and turned on the 10KW heater...
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Dr. Drone, Mon Oct 29 2007, 03:57AM
Dr. Drone, Mon Oct 29 2007, 03:57AM
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Tom540, Mon Oct 29 2007, 04:27AM
Sweeet. I swear I'm going to make one of these, a big one I mean. Already got a toroid. hehe
Tom540, Mon Oct 29 2007, 04:27AM
Sweeet. I swear I'm going to make one of these, a big one I mean. Already got a toroid. hehe
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Coronafix, Mon Oct 29 2007, 07:16AM
That really is one nice machine Chris!!
Coronafix, Mon Oct 29 2007, 07:16AM
That really is one nice machine Chris!!
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Dr. H., Mon Oct 29 2007, 04:18PM
Sweeet. Keep up whit the pics Chris
Dr. H., Mon Oct 29 2007, 04:18PM
Sweeet. Keep up whit the pics Chris
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Steve Ward, Mon Oct 29 2007, 05:11PM
Im glad to see the bridge hasnt blown up yet yet.
I like the extra strike rings, but i still think there should be something guarding that primary tap cable. Its pretty exposed. I cant think of a clean solution, but im sure you can figure out something really cool to guard it with. Initially i thought maybe some sort of coax wire, with the shield properly grounded, but that might have adverse effects too because of the high coupling between the shield (which is sorta at ground, but really is jumping all over the place) and the inner primary conductor. Maybe you could space a smaller wire a few inches off from the primary conductor and RF ground it? Im thinking of something that uses plastic clips to attach to the primary conductor.
Also, put a .15uF MMC cap between your bridge negative rail and the controller/mains ground. The heatsink should be connected to mains ground as well. Basically, you want the supply rails to have an RF short to mains ground. I think this should improve the differential-mode rejection of the bridge (aka, make it more likely to survive secondary streamers hitting the primary circuit). I do this standard with all of my DRSSTCs now.
Steve Ward, Mon Oct 29 2007, 05:11PM
Im glad to see the bridge hasnt blown up yet yet
.I like the extra strike rings, but i still think there should be something guarding that primary tap cable. Its pretty exposed. I cant think of a clean solution, but im sure you can figure out something really cool to guard it with. Initially i thought maybe some sort of coax wire, with the shield properly grounded, but that might have adverse effects too because of the high coupling between the shield (which is sorta at ground, but really is jumping all over the place) and the inner primary conductor. Maybe you could space a smaller wire a few inches off from the primary conductor and RF ground it? Im thinking of something that uses plastic clips to attach to the primary conductor.
Also, put a .15uF MMC cap between your bridge negative rail and the controller/mains ground. The heatsink should be connected to mains ground as well. Basically, you want the supply rails to have an RF short to mains ground. I think this should improve the differential-mode rejection of the bridge (aka, make it more likely to survive secondary streamers hitting the primary circuit). I do this standard with all of my DRSSTCs now.
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Dr. Drone, Mon Oct 29 2007, 06:30PM
Dr. Drone, Mon Oct 29 2007, 06:30PM
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
HV Enthusiast, Tue Oct 30 2007, 10:48AM
Very nice coil and photos. Keep up the good work!
HV Enthusiast, Tue Oct 30 2007, 10:48AM
Very nice coil and photos. Keep up the good work!
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Dr. Drone, Tue Oct 30 2007, 03:14PM
Dr. Drone, Tue Oct 30 2007, 03:14PM
Re: Fatboy Lives (Large DRSSTC mods)
Ken M., Tue Oct 30 2007, 04:14PM
Fry the dog anyways, if you do just say it was a dry lighting bolt (Considering a lightning bolt can strike from upto 10Miles away from the storm itself).
Ken M., Tue Oct 30 2007, 04:14PM
Fry the dog anyways, if you do just say it was a dry lighting bolt (Considering a lightning bolt can strike from upto 10Miles away from the storm itself).
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