Hopefully not breaking the rules but our company is hiring - https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ipxpower/jobs/4292492009

Very surprised the battery crate didnt end up upside-down

Our production line keeps hitting walls whenever we need to source hard to find semiconductors and obsolete ICs. We're a small CEM in the Midlands and I'm trying to figure out which independent distributors sourcing from China are actually worth the risk. Had a bad run last year with a no-name supplier on a batch of STM32 variants, so now I'm being more careful about who we actually run RFQs through. Wondering if anyone here has a reliable go-to for electronic components from China that ships to the UK, handles smaller quantities without insane transaction costs and has some kind of vetting process for excess inventory stock .

arc starts from 2.5+ inches. Current is estimated to be 20ma almost.

I have a custom zvs driver with IGBTs, variac driven rectifier and a huge sony projection crt flyback

I love this hobby. Even though its running at 25khz, this is lethal.

Its a 6+6 turn set up immeresed in oil.

Thinking about a half bridge driver in the future with a gate drive modulator to adjust the frequency better.

I'm still amateur I'm going to build my first sstc in next 2 weeks(class E 2MHz I think) and I have a 10cm diamater, 30cm high, 245kHz secondary I want to use for some DRSSTC, I want it to have simple but reliable driver, I will power it from 230V rectified mains (320V DC) , I think that halfbrigde one should be enough for me, I would prefer regulated interrupter than OCD because of simplicity and I'm completly new to IGBTs (any recomandactions), I have a 50MHz 2 channel digital osciloscope

Realmente no sabía dónde compartír eso esto

subí con guantes pero no eran unos guantes dieléctricos no para este tipo fue descargado con un cable de acero previamente pero aún así sentí un pinchazo no se si debería ir al médico aun no tengo experiencia por eso pregunto

Hey all just got done tearing apart my second microwave, I was thinking about maybe making a VVTC not sure tho, both transformers are 2.2kv roughly at 50hz and half an amp. I also have a smaller 4kv 40khz transformer although it is kinda useless. Anyone have any advice on what type of vaccum tube I need and where to source one? Or maybe I can FBR it and get some crazy DC voltage who knows? anyone know what type of DC caps I would need for the 2 transformers in series?

So I've done hv stuff before. The oldest flyback that I've come across and used was from I think the 70s. I was so excited to finally be able to find an AC flyback from the late 40s-early 50s. But I'm slightly stumped. I can tell where the secondary coil(s?) are. It seems there's two? And I can tell that what I believe to be the resonant cap is no good, so do I need to replace that? Can I just remove and bridge the connection? Also, im noticing a 3 tapped primary??? I think anyways... And it looks like winding my own primary is out of the question too, huh? Please send help😭

It didn't work. The transistor heated up and nothing happened. And yes, I made sure the coil windings were in the right direction. Is a slayer exciter not a great idea for a beginner project? Are slayer exciters known for being finicky? Can any of you relate?

My control box coming along containing metering, circuit breakers, emi filters, safety switches and a speed control unit for the rotary spark gap. Also my variac for ramping up the power

Don’t forget to watch my demo videos!

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DePScN3KfRK/?xtok=aHBkcmQ2bzdmM3Jw

My friend and I are building a van de graaff generator for a science fair, inspired in the Plasma Chanel video, using nylon and PTFE free rooling tubes, and a belt made of neoprene swiming suit fabric. After the first inicial test, we could not make any spark or static at all. Is there any problems with the materials? Or any advice from someone experienced with this kind of build?

I used a closed loop system to allow anything to be connected

Im trying to design a ZVS driver to get high voltage but i want ed to do a simulation first so i burn less components, which similators you gys recomend, i tried falstad but dosen't work and ltspice on one circuit works on oneother it dosent

220kHz secondary res. Ud 1.3b. 60n65 halfbridge. 40 nf tank cap.12uH primary. Ocp set to 75 amps. Still a work in progress.

I’ve been out of the world of HV for a while, just not enough time to play/build!

I have accumulated a lot of parts, built several Tesla coils, high voltage caps, etc. I have a 10kVA pole transformer, synchronous rotary spark gaps, etc, and trying to figure out what the HV world is up to these days that people might find useful of this stuff. It seems like most of the Tesla coil action is with DRSSTCs now, but most of the stuff I have is oriented around SGTCs.
I’m in the San Jose area, but a lot of the stuff is near Sonora, so preference would be to not have to move stuff much!

It will 1.20 meters.