calculation · Voltage Intensifier Circuit · computed
VIC design session v10: best candidate (Q=67.1, 99.1kHz)
Sweep: Wire gauge saturated at AWG18/140t; now vary cell geometry lever via C/water-R proxy by testing AWG16-17 at fixed 140t plus fine L retune to see if any residual Q gain exists before the water-dominated plateau is confirmed a hard wall
Cell: 22.8mm rod in 29.5mm tube × 76.2mm, 1 cell(s) parallel → C = 1.29nF, water R = 88942Ω. Chokes: 2 × 0.001H (130 turns, AWG 18, 16m wire, AC R 0.6Ω each). At resonance f_r = 99.08kHz: Xl = 1245Ω, Xc = 1245Ω, tank Q = 67.1, coil Q = 1090.8. Cell voltage 805V from 12V drive (×67.1), series current 646.2mA. All constraints satisfied (current <1A, band, wire length). Score 0.725.
Basis
- Confidence
- 0.70
- Method
- townsend-v5
- Recorded
- Published
- 30 Aug 2026
- Device
- Voltage Intensifier Circuit
- Component
- choke
- Source Ref
- design session v10
- Notebook Id
- 1341
design-loop Q resonance