Hi Bill:
I have links to the Sola patents at:
http://www.prc68.com/I/Sola_CVS.html#Patents
The 1939 patent shows a single gap and the resonant circuit, but the current patent (number on Sola xformer label) shows
two gaps and the resonant circuit.
They specify up to a 3 ms dropout restoration which implies the amount of
energy stored is enough to last that long.
A full time UPS (one where the line is converted to battery voltage then battery voltage is converted to a sine wave)
could be expected to have a clean output.
But a relay switched UPS, like mine, does nothing to the line waveform, so the
Sola offers a lot of improvement.
Since the Sola does not help getting a sine waveform, it may be better to put it on the input since that might make
dropout detection more reliable?
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Have Fun,
Brooke Clarke
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Years ago I knew exactly how Sola regulators worked. That has faded, but
what remains is that the regulation was done by varying the saturation
of the core. That's why there is a slot in the laminations. I find it
hard to believe that a partially saturated core can produce zero
harmonics.
In any event, the LC circuit does not filter anything. Possibly the
circuit counteracts the change in saturation as the line voltage
changes. I wouldn't expect it to effect the high frequency components of
spikes.
Any power supply that has a diode bridge and capacitor to create DC only
draws power from the line at the voltage peaks, when the diodes become
forward biased. I don't know of any choke input supplies, as were used
to reduce the peak current of vacuum tube rectifiers.
I know nothing about power factor correction for a bridge and capacitor,
whether or not it is followed by a switching regulator.
Make of it what you will.
Bill Hawkins
-----Original Message-----
From: Alex Pummer
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2016 7:29 PM
That is interesting, since the Sola device has a to the line frequency
tuned tank circuit in it, thus the output should not have to many higher
harmonics and should look reasonable close to sinusoidal see here:
http://www.rdrelectronics.com/russ/jun16/vs2.PDF
73, K6UHN Alex
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