22 kW Solar Inverter Teardown, the Ever Solar TLC 17

Teardown of a 22+ kW peak solar inverter, from a company that at some time was called Ever Solar. Now it seems to have been Eversol or Zeversolar. A Chinese OEM product that has been sold under various names and brands. If you are looking for other solar inverter types, check out the long list […]

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Tesla Coil Racing Sparks Burned Into Secondary Coil

I noticed that racing sparks have burned themself into the surface of the varnish on the secondary coil of my first DRSSTC. This Tesla coil have seen the most use, both indoor and outdoor, have experienced lots of racing sparks and despite the abuse, runs very well. On a cold day, I breathed on the

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Tesla Coil Test Kaizer DRSSTC1 Playing MIDI, Burst and Normal Operation

I tested all my Tesla coil test gear before the Roskilde Festival 2022 job. Setting all up, running MIDI, burst and normal operation. Testing all from grounding scheme, to show controller, to recording equipment. Tesla coil test being used: https://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/tesla-coils/kaizer-drsstc-i/Show controller for 6 Tesla coils: https://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/tesla-coils/6-channel-drsstc-show-controller/Safety box and mains supply: https://kaizerpowerelectronics.dk/tesla-coils/tesla-coil-soft-start-safety-box/ Do you want to

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Scientific Atlanta (Cisco) 1 GHz Combiner and PSU Teardown

Teardown of Cisco / Atlanta Scientific Cable TV combining amplifier. These small amplifiers are used in receiver stations with combining amplifiers to send out the different channels on a single cable. In houses a splitter is used to receive this signal and distribute to more households. Historically CATV is short for Community Antenna TV. A

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IGBT Gate Drive Transformer (GDT) Design, Construction and Test

A guide on how to calculate gate drive transformer, how to wind gate drive transformers and test gate drive transformers. Gate drive transformers are also called GDT for short. The most important aspects is insuring low leakage inductance, no core saturation and having enough peak drive current available for your MOSFETs or IGBTs. This video

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