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  1. Roff

    switch circuit

    1k=1000 1u=.000001 1k x 1u = 0.001 (1 millisec)
  2. Roff

    My Nixie clock project feels really close to working... but not quite

    What he said. Also, if NIX1:1 and NIX1:2 are connected together internally in NIX1, and pin 2 is grounded, then the dummy load will always be connected. Can you look at LED DUM to see if this is occurring? Or am I misinterpreting your schematic?
  3. Roff

    How to check the stability analysis of complex opamp circuit in Ltspice

    Add " .options cshunt=1f " to your schematic. Shortcut is the s key. The sim ran for me after doing this.
  4. Roff

    Help selecting a 1A BJT for 200KHz switching?

    Don't be offended. I just don't know what your level of knowledge is. Do you know Ohm's Law?: V=I*R ? Iout= V(HV)/(R14+R15+R(L2)+R9). 11.928mA=24kV/2.012 Megohms
  5. Roff

    Help selecting a 1A BJT for 200KHz switching?

    34kv/2Meg=17mA. No discrepancy there.
  6. Roff

    Help selecting a 1A BJT for 200KHz switching?

    I'm talking about your targets. " 24KV (on target) and 12mA (20mA is target) ". In order to get at least 20ma at 24kv, your load has to be 1.2Meg or less. Air gaps have essentially infinite resistance until they break down. Then they're on the order of milliohms.
  7. Roff

    Help selecting a 1A BJT for 200KHz switching?

    Why does your power supply have 1.2 ohms series resistance? Are the values of R8 and R9 set in stone, or can they change? With 24kv, you can only get 12 ma through 2 Meg.
  8. Roff

    Help selecting a 1A BJT for 200KHz switching?

    You didn't say "20KV 5mA 13KHz", but it was a comment on the schematic that you posted in #18. Please post MJE18004 spice model. Without it, your sim won't run.
  9. Roff

    Want to understand

    I didn't see any mention of checking the bulbs to see if the low beam elements have burned out. Maybe I missed it.
  10. Roff

    Help selecting a 1A BJT for 200KHz switching?

    Your latest simulation in post #18 said you were getting "20KV 5mA 13KHz", but I ran the sim and got 1.3kV@323 kHz. What's up with that? I have made some mods, and currently have 9.5 kv p-p @20 kHz, but the pulse width is only about 2.2us. Don't know if this is an improvement or not.
  11. Roff

    Help selecting a 1A BJT for 200KHz switching?

    Well, I feel a little stupid. That transistor works a lot better than I thought it would.:oops: You could have saved my bruised ego if you had included that spice model when you posted the .asc file.:p
  12. Roff

    Help selecting a 1A BJT for 200KHz switching?

    Do you realize that you don't have a spice model for Q5? I'm guessing you got that error message, and ignored it, so LTSpice uses a VERY basic model. This model has a beta of 100 at any collector current, and it has nothing to reduce switching speed; no capacitance, no storage time, no ft. Real...
  13. Roff

    Help needed for 24V Charging w/ Variable Speed Gen

    Well, here's my thoughts on that: If your charge controller unit (CCU) can take 48V on the input, puts 20 amps into 48V, and runs at 99% efficiency, then it will only dissipate (24V*20A*1%) 4.8Watts. That means that your HEP-600-48 PSU will only have to deliver (480+4.8) about 489 Watts. That's...
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    Help needed for 24V Charging w/ Variable Speed Gen

    The charge controller's 99% maximum efficiency spec is pretty much useless. What is important, in your case, is minimum efficiency. If you knew that, you should be able to determine worst case input current draw, which would tell you what size transformer (or, possibly better yet, switching...

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