Re: Resistors VS inductors for Marx (fwd)

[Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>]

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Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 09:22:43 +1200
From: Malcolm Watts <m.j.watts@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Resistors VS inductors for Marx (fwd)

On 7 Sep 2003, at 14:06, High Voltage list wrote:

> Original poster: Steven Roys <sroys@xxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2003 06:37:52 -0700
> From: Jonathan Peakall <jpeakall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Resistors VS inductors for Marx
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> Hi All,
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> Why do people always use resistors in Marx generators?

They don't. I used inductors in the only two I ever made.

Malcolm

 I whipped up some
> inductors once and they worked fine. I didn't try the same generator with
> resitors, but the output was good. Is there some reason that resistors are
> better, especially considering how dirt cheap and easy to make inductors
> are?
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> Jonathan
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