Re: Magnetic quenching.

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


It was a mechanical rotary rectifier.  Lossy but it works.

Dr. Resonance

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 >
 > I have not done a lot of reading of Tesla's material.  I have to wonder
how
 > he managed to build a HV DC power supply?  Wasn't this before HV vacuum
 > tube rectifiers were available?
 >
 > I can't imagine that the "blast" created by convection currents would be
 > very effective.
 >
 > Gary Lau
 > MA, USA
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "David Thomson" <dave-at-volantis-dot-org>
 >
 > Hi Finn,
 >
 >   > perhaps it is time to nail down what to expect from applying a
 >   > magnetic field across the arc.
 >   >
 >   > One would expect that it would merely bend into a curve, making it
longer,
 >   > which hardly seems desirable.
 >
 > If you have a copy of Tesla's "Inventions", go to page 305 and read the
next
 > few pages on spark gaps (he calls them "interrupters").  Tesla says a
 > magnetic gap is good for both an AC and DC coil, but particularly good for
a
 > DC coil.
 >
 > His description of his "air-blast" gap is interesting.  Instead of using
 > compressed air, Tesla enclosed his gap in either an air tight box or tube.
 > The draft caused by the rising warm air provided the air blast.
 >
 > Dave
 >
 >
 >