make a longer barrel with more segments, you have plenty of power but the metal doesn't have enough time to reach its highest potential speed. I suggest making the tube longer, adding more coils, and timing it well, so there's more time for the metal to get up to faster speeds
@@tptplayer8400 I mean the whole circuit that charges the capacitor bank (probably the thing that makes the whine). A power converter would probably be a better name. I guess the metal box is a 12 or 24V power supply. I was thinking of using a blocking oscillator transformer kind-of-circuit. I'm not sure if it would be quick enough. I'm building a strobe light that would be powered from a 12V battery, and would be able to flash up to 4 times a second. I need to charge a 160uF capacitor to around 360V (at least 300V) between the impulses. The tube discharges the capacitor to 50V when triggered.
I just wound a transformer with turn ratio around 30 and with a single transistor blocking oscillator it takes half a minute to charge those 100uF to 300V. Because of covid, transformers and power converters completely fell out of my education programme, I have no idea what I'm doing.
@@Kuba-th6bm This capacitor charging circuit is a simple Mazzilli ZVS. I will skip the detailed explanation of how the circuit works, as you can easily find it through a search. Blocking oscillators are bound to have low efficiency. This is because the voltage or current cannot be adjusted during switching. Our goal is to charge a high-capacity capacitor bank in a short time, which requires converting large power with high efficiency. This simple zvs circuit is also not suitable for large power compared to a half-bridge or full-bridge using a gate driver, but it is an appropriate choice considering the difficulty of implementation, cost, and size.
@@Kuba-th6bm Also, the size, material, shape, and air gap of the transformer core are very important variables. As you can see, the larger the transformer, the more power it can convert, and this increases even more if you add an air gap at the expense of some flux loss. In fact, an air gap is almost essential because Mazzilli ZVS is difficult to operate properly when the Q factor is over 0.8. It is true that the turns ratio of the transformer plays a significant role in the output voltage and power, but it can vary greatly depending on the switching method, frequency, and load.
make a longer barrel with more segments, you have plenty of power but the metal doesn't have enough time to reach its highest potential speed. I suggest making the tube longer, adding more coils, and timing it well, so there's more time for the metal to get up to faster speeds
I think there’s a reason it’s called “first test shot”
@@firstnamekarner6263 thats why im giving suggestions, trying to help make it better.
My attempt years ago with disposable camera capacitor was pathetic, this is pretty cool, and much larger caps.
knew what was about to happen but it still startled me
You may fire when ready!
stretch out the accelleration distance, this is way too short me thinks
Nicely done!
Nice coil gun concept.
thyristor code please?
@@leonardonovaes914 T61-250-08
What kind of inverter is that? I'm looking for a power source for a flashtube.
Inverter? Did you mean the silver object next to oscilloscope?
@@tptplayer8400 I mean the whole circuit that charges the capacitor bank (probably the thing that makes the whine). A power converter would probably be a better name. I guess the metal box is a 12 or 24V power supply. I was thinking of using a blocking oscillator transformer kind-of-circuit. I'm not sure if it would be quick enough. I'm building a strobe light that would be powered from a 12V battery, and would be able to flash up to 4 times a second. I need to charge a 160uF capacitor to around 360V (at least 300V) between the impulses. The tube discharges the capacitor to 50V when triggered.
I just wound a transformer with turn ratio around 30 and with a single transistor blocking oscillator it takes half a minute to charge those 100uF to 300V. Because of covid, transformers and power converters completely fell out of my education programme, I have no idea what I'm doing.
@@Kuba-th6bm This capacitor charging circuit is a simple Mazzilli ZVS. I will skip the detailed explanation of how the circuit works, as you can easily find it through a search.
Blocking oscillators are bound to have low efficiency. This is because the voltage or current cannot be adjusted during switching.
Our goal is to charge a high-capacity capacitor bank in a short time, which requires converting large power with high efficiency.
This simple zvs circuit is also not suitable for large power compared to a half-bridge or full-bridge using a gate driver, but it is an appropriate choice considering the difficulty of implementation, cost, and size.
@@Kuba-th6bm Also, the size, material, shape, and air gap of the transformer core are very important variables.
As you can see, the larger the transformer, the more power it can convert, and this increases even more if you add an air gap at the expense of some flux loss.
In fact, an air gap is almost essential because Mazzilli ZVS is difficult to operate properly when the Q factor is over 0.8.
It is true that the turns ratio of the transformer plays a significant role in the output voltage and power, but it can vary greatly depending on the switching method, frequency, and load.
Did not know how fast e-bullet go.
You mean an iron rod? Bruh putting e in front of something doesn't mean its digital
@@lucasromania it's magnEtic buddy.
where do you live
tf
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