--- David Rosignoli <[email protected]> wrote:
> Kyle,
>
> I noticed you used an ignition transformer feeding a
> voltage multiplier
> circuit. I assume you just let the spark discharge
> as the voltage built
> up past a certain point. In other words, no active
> switching involved.
Yes. 10kV oil burner ignition trans, old heavy iron
core dude, 23mA secondary short circuit current.
> It sounds like your circuit is not meant for rapid
> discharges. If you
> have a voltage multiplier circuit, I am assuming you
> have ceramic disk
> capacitors in the stages. Perhaps that is the
> problem.
These capacitors are mylar film.
> The dv/dt is not
> fast enough and the impedance of the capacitors is
> pretty high. In the
> Podkletnov experiment, they used a Marx bank. That
> was meant for pulsing.
Hmm. Just so happens I have a moderately sized Marx
sitting across the lab. Not really huge, but it does
ring the ears when it blasts. It is constructed with
ceramics. This one does not use resistors for
charging, it is inductively stacked.
Maybe I should put some pictures of some of this stuff
up somewhere.
--Kyle
