I show a range of different industrial components that you can salvage from thrown out machines. Main breaker panels, x-ray and UPS systems. Look at privately owned scrap yards and metal recyclers in your area to get the same opportunities to find stuff like this. You have to be prepared to pay per kg for
Industrial Components For Tesla Coils – Isolation, Day 16 Read More »
A fraction of the electrolytic capacitors that I have in stock (some more film/oil/paper as well). A collection of capacitors from various teardowns.
Electrolytic Capacitors – Isolation, Day 15 Read More »
A talk about SCRs and thyristor in different sizes, packages and from different points in time. A Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) is a unidirectional semiconductor. It is the solid state equivalent of the thyratron (which I showed in this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odkbxWpQ0ck ) and hence it is also referred to as thyristor or thyroid transistor. In
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A talk about diodes of various sizes, from different ages, development in technology and power levels. The only things missing would be selenium diodes as I forgot where I put them and I do unfortunately not own a mercury arc rectifier.
Power Diodes and Diodes In Power Electronics – Isolation, Day 13 Read More »
I give an overview of a 65kW X-ray generator system for a 70 kV X-ray transformer. The full-bridge of 400A 1200V IGBT bricks makes for a powerful inverter to drive the ferrite cored high voltage transformer.
70 kV / 65 kW X-Ray System, Transformer and Inverter – Isolation, Day 12 Read More »
A talk about different kind of power resistors, values, wattage rating, inductive and non-inductive resistors, carbon, wire, copper and all that has to do with resistance.
Power Resistors and Resistors In Power Electronics – Isolation, Day 11 Read More »
I go through my collection of current transformers. Regular ratio transformers, hall effect sensors, shunts, Pearson and Ion Physics current monitors and how to make a DIY high frequency current transformer.
High Current Measurements – Isolation, Day 10 Read More »
I go through my collection of iron/ferrite core high voltage transformers. MOTs, OBITs, NSTs, PTs and X-ray transformers. Microwave Oven-, Oil burner ignition-, neon sign- potential- and x-ray transformers. I forgot to add the old and new flyback transformers I have… somewhere…
High Voltage Transformers – Isolation, Day 9 Read More »