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Registered Member #205
Joined: Sat Feb 18 2006, 11:59AM
Location: Skørping, Denmark
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All,
So we finally had first light. After a week end with many tasks, amongst the construction of a 3-phase voltage quadrupler, we set the rather hastily constructed primary coil up.
Firing up the coil, it became clear that it favours low break rates, and that tuning a big coil like this is not at all easy. Over current limit stayed at 2kA... Starting out thinking we´d break records, we soon realized that with 10 feet on the chart, we had better wrap the coil up and let the experience sink in....
We did a small video documentary. Distance from breakout point to ladder is 3 meters, and to ground 3.10 meters
Registered Member #639
Joined: Wed Apr 11 2007, 09:09PM
Location: The Netherlands, Herkenbosch
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Wow that has some Thump to it From the looks of it your coil will surely to break some records. Guess it's time for you guys to clean it up and build it so it's ready for some more demos. That test must have been loud.
Can you give some more info, power usage bus voltage etc. Quite curious to see how your coil preforms compared to others.
I'd say it's safe to go a bit further current wise, 2kA should be quite safe for the CM600 IGBTs to handle. (short version we want more and bigger arcs )
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Dalus wrote ...
Wow that has some Thump to it From the looks of it your coil will surely to break some records.
Yeah, I thought that and the fact that the Thumper is so compacted, that I was looking at his tesla coil thinking, "Wow, There's really not much to setup." Just connect the small thumper to the coil and off you go. Very compacted makes it look really clean and simple.
Nice job on the Thumper tesla though! Really looks nice
Registered Member #160
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Nice work fellas!! The coupling looks quite loose on the coil, are you intending to tighten this up? What is the estimated power limit to the engine? And how much were you driving into it in the vid?
Registered Member #205
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Linas wrote ...
Finn Hammer wrote ...
This brings this cluttered look, Hats off to Linas for his clean looking bridge.
Your bridge have better looking, and performance. but hey, mine is working too
Linas,
I really was trying to flatter you with the clean look of your bridge. Like the nice snubber board tucked nicely away, not like my TVS'es and resistors.
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Joined: Tue Feb 21 2006, 07:33PM
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Good work, very nice results! I followed your project with great interest, even I dont fully understand all the electronics implied though. I guess that after more testing there will be "Thumper units" from the Finn' shop avalaible on market. They will run coils in a broad frequency range.
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Is a very impressive coil indeed! Wow, 3 meter sparks :D.
And are those little film caps on your hat? Either way, nice picture :D. It is somewhat smaller than i imagined. That is sure small for how big those sparks are! IGBT's sure are one of the world's little wonders, aren't they?
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"Thumper"
From the looks of it your coil will surely to break some records. Guess it's time for you guys to clean it up and build it so it's ready for some more demos. That test must have been loud. 
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