Re: Gap Losses

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Subject: Re: Gap Losses
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 21:53:46 -0500
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From: 	richard hull[SMTP:rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net]
Sent: 	Wednesday, August 27, 1997 1:15 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Gap Losses

At 11:02 PM 8/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
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>From: 	Greg Leyh[SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
>Sent: 	Tuesday, August 26, 1997 1:45 PM
>To: 	Tesla List
>Subject: 	Re:  Gap Losses
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Greg Leyh wrote:
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>Well, I know that 5.3 ohms is too low for a 4-gap rotary, and I suspect
>that 50 ohms is pushing the high side for most gap systems, even the ones
>with a zillion static gaps in series.  My rule of thumb at this time is:
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>Zchar = 4 ohms X number of series gaps in primary switch.
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>I would be interested to know where yours (and others) Zchar values fall,
>for your favorite 2-coil systems.
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>-GL

Greg,

After chewin' on the math for two extremes in my favorite, performer, 2 coil
systems, I come to a Zchar. value between 3-6 ohms/gap.  It seems to agree
with yours pretty closely.  Dare we assume this is some sort of performance
range?!

Probably, it is more of safe range for someone wanting a quick and dirty
generalization that won't get them in trouble when designing and building an
important system which has got to work out of the chute.  Ideally, of
course, tweaking and dinkin' with the system after construction will improve
the performance. (perhaps by even adding or subtracting gaps!)

Richard Hull, TCBOR
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