Odd about waveform. Make sure the scope has good RF grounding. Maybe there's actually harmonic content in it from low resonator Q, though this is unusual. Keep watching that plate glow, hehe. It doesn't really need to be a clean waveform, btw, vacuum doesn't care!
Excellent results though!
Oooh! Excellent, DWU!
Yeah, VTTCs are highly tuned coils, so adding topload capacitance is tricky. Glad you didn't pop anything expensive, but they do tend to be fairly robust.
30AWG is fine for up to a kW or so (at most common topload potentials) I've found.
I like the 833A tubes, they're robust but expensive. Good choice.
Yeah you can gut a MOT and make a new secondary from 10g wire for the filament trafo.
Look to ebay for doorknob caps, it's pretty much the only...
Yep, Mattronium messaged me first.
Yeah I'm surprised it didn't sell at 400 too, but oh well. The drastic laser market dropout in recent years is why I stopped flipping them. I used to make good cash restoring old HeNes and making controllers for argons. FWIW I bought this yellow for $550 +...
Wow! Excellent results DWU! This is what I was hoping to hear from you all these months, hehe. Congratulations!
Yup, as Twirly said, you've basically got wireless resonant power transfer going. It also works if one resonator is a harmonic of the other.
Due to the low turns ratio on the primary...
Re: For Sale: NOS Yellow 594.1nm 4.1mW HeNe -Price Dropped!-
Sorry, I can't go lower than 300. The shipping cost alone is significant.
I already have an offer for 300, but of a suboptimal payment method (not PP), the person who made the offer knows it's on hold pending any other offers from...
If you try shielding, keep it a few cm from any components or traces. If you can cut out strips or circles from any planar sections (like sheeting) it will help greatly to reduce eddy currents.
Yep. But shielding is an absolute bitch to pull off correctly due to eddy currents (both heating and the power stealing effects). The "easiest" way is to place the USSTCC board inside of a plastic box just barely larger than needed, then place that box in a grounded metal box, and use >3mm...
Absolutely beautiful build, Jeff! I'm very proud of you!
Second video she sounds pretty happy in. First vid there's a bit of interruption on the feedback or interrupter input causing dropped cycles. It could be from impedance in the bus path or interference, etc. All in all though looks great!
Re: For Sale: NOS Yellow 594.1nm 4.1mW HeNe
Sorry dude! I don't have beam specs for it. I don't even have the apartment space to do a real divergence measurement anymore either. I might be able to get a crude beam width if you want though.
Re: For Sale: NOS Yellow 594.1nm 4.1mW HeNe
Thanks BowtieGuy! Yeah, it's a shame these don't liquidate like they used to, really. They're beautiful lasers.
Dr. Sam does lifetime repairs on every unit like this he sells too I hear. Not that this would ever need a repair as long as it's cared...
Hey everyone!
I've got some huge medical expenses coming up sooner than I expected, so it's time to sell my prized laser. This laser is NOS, less than three hours total run time, starts up instantly (after programmed safety delay on power up) and is super stable. It's been babied and cared for...
Lol. Hope you like low coupling or lots and lots of primary turns! Remember, Lpri is the main factor for primary current and thusly Po.
Measure (or look up) the Vf of the rectifier. Once you've calculated the RMS current desired (from Lpri and F0). Rectifier thermal power waste = Vf *...
DWU I can put you in touch with Carl Willis who made my *really* good tubes. They're not cheap though. He does custom gas mixes and has pioneered xenon eximer gas mixes for electrodeless tubes. Just hit me on email if you want his info.
Good to see that coil up and running again!
Yep it'l light up just about anything with a rarified gas in it.
254nm doesn't fluoresce many materials into the visible light spectrum, and the visible wavelengths from the Hg swamp out your vision so you don't see the fluorescence anyway.