Re: Dwell Controller - Thanks!

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Original poster: "Thomas McGahee by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com>

If the electrode spacing for the two electrodes is not the same,
then even though they get the same current, they will see 
different voltage levels. P=E*I. Double the voltage and
you double the power. 

This is not to say that direct friction
cannot be the cause in your particular case.

Fr. Thomas McGahee


> When I first tried out this gap, one of the spinning electrodes
> was running very hot, the other was barely warm.  This doesn't
> make sense since they're in series.  I think what was happening
> is that I had them adjusted so close that one of them was rubbing
> on the fixed electrode as it spun, and heated it up by mechanical
> friction.  I can't think of any other explanation.  This may have 
> contributed to the electrode crash too, as they heated and
> expanded and dragged more and more.  Now with a little wider
> spacing, the both spinning electrodes run at the same
> temperature.
> 
> John
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