This article and video focuses on full mains power startup, secondary coil terminations and connections, adding a new soft start module to the mains input for dealing with high inrush current and blowing the full bridge of IGBTs up completely. This is the 4th article / video in the series of designing and building a […]
This article and video focusses on configuring and validating the Universal Driver (UD2.9) functions and reforming the DC bus capacitors. Starting up a new electronics circuit can be done with various degrees of precaution. The easy way would be to apply full voltage and all inputs / outputs connected and see that the circuit behaves
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In this video we put together the components, found in part 1, that is needed to build the DRSSTC design that was done in 10’ish minutes. This video focusses on how good looking construction can be done with simple tools. No 3D printer or expensive tools are needed. Imagination and craftmanship is enough to get
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I would like thank you all for the views, comments, discussions and continued support that makes Kaizer Power Electronics a fun thing to keep going! Kaizer Power Electronics isn’t just a YouTube channel, it includes this website with instructions, pictures and schematics. It is also High Voltage Forum. A tight community oriented around our common
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In this test and teardown video, we will learn about the construction of a high power contactor, the difference between AC-1 and AC-3 ratings and enjoy the lovely sound of a contactor closing and breaking! Compare it to this vintage ASEA 630 A / 440 kW contactor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTbE3G8mqis The AF265-40-11-13 is a 4 pole –
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The primary goal of this video, is to find the components needed to build the DRSSTC design that was done in 10’ish minutes. The parts are either bought online, like the printed circuit boards, primary / secondary coil and topload. Other parts are found from my boxes of teardown / recycled materials, like the IGBTs,
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In this video I challenge myself to design a complete Tesla Coil in 10 minutes! The overall design limits include: DRSSTC topology, less than 1 meter tall and must use as many easy to obtain parts as possible. This is part 1 of a series of videos and articles on the Kaizer DRSSTC VII. As a
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This video and article is about the 4 MV (that is 4.000.000 Volt !) Van De Graaff generator (VDG) that was installed at the Copenhagen University Department of Theoretical Physics (UITF). UITF was later in 1969 renamed to Niels Bohr Institute, after its founder, Nobel Laurate and famous Danish scientist. The 4 MV VDG was
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