{"id":19914,"date":"2024-03-26T09:19:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T16:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=19914"},"modified":"2024-03-29T09:24:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T16:24:37","slug":"2024-03-26-hvdc-module-teardown-operation-and-explanation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=19914","title":{"rendered":"2024-03-26 HVDC Module Teardown, Operation And Explanation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A 41 min. YouTube video shows operation, tears down, and explains the components.&nbsp; It seems that they are made with cheap chinesium components that are too low voltage ratings so they will fail prematurely if the HVDC is left on a long time or if the spark gap is too wide.&nbsp; Schematic from video is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Inside a 400 kV high voltage module ( epoxy removal, testing , circuit diagram, simulation )\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mTx8pMHo4jI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"284\" src=\"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screenshot_20240329_085837_youtube880594729980269786-300x284.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19913\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screenshot_20240329_085837_youtube880594729980269786-300x284.png 300w, https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/screenshot_20240329_085837_youtube880594729980269786.png 661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 41 min. YouTube video shows operation, tears down, and explains the components.&nbsp; It seems that they are made with cheap chinesium components that are too low voltage ratings so they will fail prematurely if the HVDC is left on a long time or if the spark gap is too wide.&nbsp; Schematic from video is<a href=\"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/?p=19914\"> <\/p>\n<p> (Read More&#8230;)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[265,2662,76,293,74,329,201,80,1284,348],"tags":[3363,1001,3362,3365,3364],"class_list":["post-19914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dc-dc-converter","category-dc-dc-converter-power-supplies-2","category-diodes","category-do-it-yourself","category-electronic-components","category-functional-blocks","category-tc-and-hv","category-transistors","category-video-books-documents-literature","category-websites","tag-cheap","tag-hvdc","tag-module","tag-schematic","tag-teardown"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19915,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19914\/revisions\/19915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rustybolt.info\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}