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RE: [TCML] BPS Testing



I was just reading your E/M I think you miss caculated your figures indicate
a lot more the difference between .25 and.o261 is .224.
ken

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Of bartb
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 12:28 AM
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Subject: Re: [TCML] BPS Testing

Hi All,

Something else I did today was verify my gap spacing between electrodes. 
4 of the gaps are .05", but one is .061" and just happens to be the gap 
in which the fiber optic probe is looking at. So, the total gap is not 
0.25", but .0261". So a little deviation there. Not really much of a 
change for arc voltage with only .011 difference, but still I wanted to 
"note" it. The gaps are used and need a good cleaning. The electrode 
assembly actually pulls out of the fan assembly as a 1 piece unit after 
disconnecting the 2 wires, so I really should take 10 minutes and clean 
it one of these days.

However, I was thinking about the gap light. I realize any light along 
the length of the tube in which I was monitoring with the fiber optic 
probe would saturate the transducer (regardless where the arc occurred 
along the lengths of the tubes). Because the other electrodes light is 
blocked by the fact that the tubes are epoxied to the pvc ensures other 
pipe gap light isn't affecting the bps measurement of this particular 
gap. Unlike current measurements at the cap or primary, this measurement 
is actually measuring the gap breaks itself without any outside 
influence (current phenomenon). When the gap fires, it emits light, and 
when it quenches, the light goes out. It's that simple. I think this 
particular measurement is actually an "honest" measurement of bps as it 
is the gap itself and does have issues with current phenomenon occurring 
before, during, or after. What you see is what you get. And that is 
something to take seriously about this particular test procedure and setup.

With other measurements, we look at waveforms and "attempt" to deduce 
the firing rate. With this setup, the human attempt to deduce firing 
rate is removed. I have tried to argue with my own measurements (to be a 
skeptic at all times), but I can find nothing wrong here and thus I look 
at other measurements in which I "can" make many assumptions.

Take care,
Bart


bartb wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Today I ran the coil at 140Vac and retested bps.
>
> I also measured input current at both 120Vac and 140Vac while running 
> the coil.
>
> During the 120V measurement, current fluctuated between 12.7A to 13.7A 
> = 13.2A average = 1.58 kva.
> During the 140V measurement, current fluctuated between 14.6A to 15.8A 
> = 15.2A average = 2.13 kva.
>
> For the BPS Testing, I ran similarly as before, except this time I got 
> rid of the switching power supply and simply installed some 9V 
> battery's on the board to power the light transducer.
>
> The total recording time is 11.3263 seconds. Total breaks were 1176. 
> BPS is then 104. So still pretty low.
>
> Photo of the setup: 
> http://www.classictesla.com/temp/light%20transducer%20board.JPG
> Photo of the gap: 
> http://www.classictesla.com/temp/spark%20gap%20fiber%20optic.JPG
>
> The sample rate was set to 2500/s, so time divisions are 0.008 seconds.
> http://www.classictesla.com/temp/bps_1560_140VAC.gif
>
> Here's the various files (windaq, raw csv, filtered bps excel file):
> http://www.classictesla.com/temp/1560-140-1vac.WDQ
> http://www.classictesla.com/temp/1560-140-1vac.CSV
> http://www.classictesla.com/temp/1560-140-1vac.xls
>
> Take care,
> Bart
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