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Author Topic: Meopta Rectifier Schematic Question Marin Zorica Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 671 From: Biograd na Moru, Croatia Registered: May 2003 posted 09-24-2006 01:13 PM                     This is schematic of that rectifier: So, question is what V4 diode is for? Is it just for safety measures if someone switch poles on XBO so lamp won't ignite or some other reasons? Like maybe got something with that 100V DC coming from other transformers via 300Ohm resistor which is used for lamp striking?? Also something about capacitors C1 and C2...C1 is connected directly and C2 is connected to DC via R3 (for current limiting thrue C2 isn't it?), but why C1 isn't concted via some resistor like C2??? Is this resistor really need to be here??? Also what is R2 for (intended to don't leave DC without load when XBO isn't ON) but how when K switch depress when we switch ON rectifier??? Thanks for answers!!!!!!  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-24-2006 08:24 PM                     Your schematic is very crude in the resolution it was uploaded.... However, Diode V4 is a blocking diode to allow the boost function to work for lamp ignition. Since the boost circuit will charge to a higher voltage to trigger an auto-ignite system (typically 85VDC or higher, the diode will become reversed biased to keep the main supply that is operating closer to 25VDC off line until the arc is established. Once the lamp ignites and the arc is going, the current will cause the Diode V4 to be forward biased so the main supply is powering the lamp...in the event the lamp flames out (cold, worn out...etc), the boost circuit will once again charge things up to a higher voltage due to V4. C2 is, no doubt a large capacitor or a multiple capacitors that form a large capacitor. Capacitance ranges a bit from 6000uF up to 3 times that, depending on that design. Due to the nature of capacitors and how charges flow through them, a capacitor that is not charged appears as a dead short once current is applied...as the charge fills up the capacitor, its impedence tends towards an open circuit. However, to avoid this short circuit appearance, R3, probably a high-wattage but low resistance resistor is there to buffer the short when the contactor turns on. C1 is probably a very low value capacitor...probably on the order of .01uF or so whose purpose is to shunt off any high frequency noise and spikes. Should it have a resistor? If you follow math and electronic theory, the answer is yes. however, any resistance will reduce the effectiveness of it functioning as a surge/spike supressor. Practical applications dictate that the resistor is omitted. In fact, many rectifier manufacturers omit the resistor that feeds the main capacitor(s)....better designs don't do that. R2 most likely bleeds the charge on the capacitor. Most designs do not have a relay to switch the bleed resistor out since a bleed resistor need not be very low in resistance...5K-10K will do. The idea is to drain the charge away...it need not be instantly...just in a reasonably amount of time to avoid someone from being shocked.  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-24-2006 08:26 PM                     This is a pretty poor image of the schematic, and it uses some icons I'm not familiar with - the transformer icons look plenty strange. Is T1 an isolation transformer and T2 an autotransformer? T2 seems to provide the main power supply, charging C1 through the choke L. Y4 isolates the boost supply which comprises part of T3 and the diode bridge on the far right. The bridge to its left, I dunno. The boost supply gives a high no-load voltage to provide a strong starting current and to activate auto-ignite circuits. R3 limits the starting current a bit. I think R2 is in circuit when the contactor is open, discharging the potentially lethal voltage from C2. Whew, an electical pun!  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-24-2006 10:27 PM                     Looks a lot like some of the IREM rectifiers  |  IP: Logged Marin Zorica Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 671 From: Biograd na Moru, Croatia Registered: May 2003 posted 09-25-2006 03:37 AM                     OK, yes I know for low resolution but image size is limited by upload. Here T1 is main three-phase transformer, T2 isn't transformer, is transductor for regulation of output current (when we let higher current thru, we got bigger magnetic resistance, and then we got lower current thrue transducer and due to that lower DC to lamp), and T3 is auxiliary transformer for powering transducer and booster circuit. What about I remove V4 diode and put booster 100V direct do Dc feed to lamp? Also I put relay which cut off booster voltage when lamp strikes, I try this and work!!! Any opinion about this kind? Also C1 and C2 are 2200uF capacitors.  |  IP: Logged Gordon McLeod Film God Posts: 9532 From: Toronto Ontario Canada Registered: Jun 99 posted 09-25-2006 06:07 AM                     You need to decouple the two parts of the supply A relay will do it but if it stays on line too long there will be smoke  |  IP: Logged Marin Zorica Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 671 From: Biograd na Moru, Croatia Registered: May 2003 posted 09-25-2006 08:24 AM                     quote: Gordon McLeod You need to decouple the two parts of the supply A relay will do it but if it stays on line too long there will be smoke I understand that, but also I put 300Ohm resistor in series with auxiliary power (100V) and I see no heating when is NO-LOAD situation in rectifier. This one is strange....i try to put diode also (like V4 in schematic) but then I can strike the bulb, bulb just won't strike! Strange....  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-25-2006 12:46 PM                     V4 keeps the boost supply from charging C1 up to the 100V open circuit voltage, that's pretty much all it does. If C1 does charge that high, you will have a VERY high inrush current on lamp ignition. There's no value on R3, it is probably quite low and limits the inrush current from C2. You won't have damage in the rectifier by removing V4 unless C1 has a lower voltage rating than the boosted voltage. You may damage the lamp from high inrush current. R2 is just discharging the rectifier via the normally closed contact on the main contactor K. I don't understand your question about it I guess. Anyway, does it work as is? Why are you fiddling with it? It sounds like it doesnt work with V4 in there, if so I would check C1 as it probably has lost value and is no longer 2200 uF. When this capacitor is no good, the lamp will flash but not stay on. The choke resists change in circuit current; the capacitor has to supply enough energy to allow time for the choke to let the main power circuit current rise.  |  IP: Logged Marin Zorica Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 671 From: Biograd na Moru, Croatia Registered: May 2003 posted 09-25-2006 03:16 PM                     I do everything including V4, but I don't use three-phase transformer like on schematic, I use single-phase transformer. Also C1 is very hot when I strike lamp!!!!!!  |  IP: Logged Robert Minichino Master Film Handler Posts: 350 From: Haskell, NJ, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 09-25-2006 03:25 PM                        There will be MUCH more ripple from rectified 1 phase AC than 3 phase; have you made any other modifications to compensate for this?  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-25-2006 09:13 PM                     Unless I misunderstand, you're using a 3-phase rectifier on single phase? Not a good idea. C1 would get hot because it runs very high AC current trying to smooth out the ripple from single phase. Choke L should be much larger for single phase operation. The lamp power ripple will likely still be way over the specified maximum. A single phase rectifier compared to 3-phase usually has a huge choke and much higher value capacitors. Maybe if you use sveral larger capacitors - for about 20,000 uF -or at least remove the series resistor from C2 you might succeed. The diodes will only be good for about 2/3 of the original rated power as you can only be using 4 of the 6 on single phase.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 09-26-2006 02:51 AM                        quote: Gordon McLeod Looks a lot like some of the IREM rectifiers Indeed it does...And there is probably a reason for that! While our friends in the (former) Eastern Block rejected all political ideals of the West, they weren't as picky when it came to be "inspired" by Western technology...  |  IP: Logged Dave Macaulay Film God Posts: 2321 From: Toronto, Canada Registered: Apr 2001 posted 09-27-2006 10:38 AM                     Irem uses a manually adjusted main power transformer, where you move a core piece in and out to adjust the transformer efficiency and the output current. Irem has a different way of connecting the diodes, too: on the schematic it looks more like 3 separate single phase rectifiers connected together than a 3 phase bridge. This lets them use 6 identical diodes rather than mix forward and reverse types. This Meopta uses a saturable reactor. The Japanese Sanrex are the only other cinema rectifiers I'm familiar with that use saturable reactors, I think all Sanrex types do (even the giant 30kW one at Ontario Place). Plus (but not really standard cinema types) the high reactance Imax 15kW Miller rectifiers, and I think Christie had a 7kW model made by Miller that was likely similar.  |  IP: Logged Richard Fowler Film God Posts: 2392 From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA Registered: Jun 2001 posted 09-27-2006 10:54 AM                     The standard rectifier from Proyecson - Spain also utilize a saturable reactor circuit which if you are also using their lamphouse, it is mounted on the lamphouse panel.  |  IP: Logged Michael Schaffer "Where is the Boardwalk Hotel?" Posts: 4143 From: Boston, MA Registered: Apr 2002 posted 09-27-2006 04:11 PM                        Dave, where do you see the saturable reactor in the drawing?  |  IP: Logged

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