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Re: Gap Dwell Times (formerly: Beating Solved)
On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com> wrote:
>> Subject: Re: Gap Dwell Times (formerly: Beating Solved)
>
>>From hullr-at-whitlock-dot-comFri Oct 4 22:08:41 1996
>Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 09:50:23 -0700
>From: Richard Hull <hullr-at-whitlock-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Gap Dwell Times (formerly: Beating Solved)
>
>Tesla List wrote:
>>
>> >From sroys-at-umabnet.ab.umd.eduThu Oct 3 22:24:20 1996
>> Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 09:57:58 -0400 (EDT)
>> From: Steve Roys <sroys-at-umabnet.ab.umd.edu>
>> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>> Subject: Re: Gap Dwell Times (formerly: Beating Solved)
>>
>> On Wed, 2 Oct 1996, Tesla List wrote:
>>
>> > A lot of folks think the primary rings are transferred to the secondary!
>> > Well,.... yes and no. If you do not quench your primary circuit arc
<HUGE SNIP> <HUGE SNIP> <HUGE SNIP> <HUGE SNIP>
>could avoid the reflection loses in the original spring. We seek to
>allow the spring to hit with max energy, but stop it at that point and
>not give any rebound energy back to it.
>
>In an over-coupled, and, or, under-quenched coil. All the energy from
>the capacitor which can be magnetically coupled is in the secondary after
>the end of the first 1/2 oscillation in the primary. Immediately
>following this, the secondary is pumping some of its valuable, just
>received, energy back to the primary, if the gap is still conducting.
>
>Precision quenching is what I'm looking for in the H2 thyratron
>experiments.
>
>Richard Hull, TCBOR
>
>
Can you tell us more about your H2 Thyratron experiment? What type of
thyratron are you using? How is it connected in your circuit? Is it
running in a grounded cathode or grounded grid configuration?
Regards
Dave Lockwood