Then my 12 KV 60 Ma neon sign transformers must have very conservative ratings being when I used them for Jacobs ladders I had to have the top of the ladder rods at least 8" apart to consistently break the arcs.
I already made my idea submissions and got shot down.
Post 14, Arcs Vs sparks issue.Nope.
Post 18, Over clocked and over driven driven 15 KV NST with inverter controled what nots. Nope. too heavy.
Post 20, two variacs and NST. Too heavy.
Post 33. Common flyback transformer with single transistor power oscillator. Nope. Now I am just picking.
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So lets all of us get this strait on what it isn't.
No NST's or the like. Out for being too heavy/bulky.
Common CRT flybacks cant come close to the requested output power requirements but that's what the design should be built like.
There is a criteria of it can be AC or DC but it has to make arcs not sparks.
There is leeway on the design and output but not relating to what anyone has posted so far.
It has to somewhat match the characteristics of a flyback transformer but the defined requirements are way beyond what any off the shelf flyback can deliver.
The OP is open to anything but what has been suggested.
It has to run for 24 hours continuous duty but has no defined/specified input power source criteria.
What the contest sponsor wants cant be accurately defined but what he doesn't want can but only after its suggested.
Clear as mud to me.
I give up but I will be watching with morbid curiosity to see where this leads.