Re: Another "dumb thought"

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• Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 18:36:19 -0600
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From: 	Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: 	Wednesday, November 05, 1997 7:12 PM
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Subject: 	Re: Another "dumb thought"

Hi Russ,

> From:   Thornton, Russ #CSR2000[SMTP:ThorntoR-at-rc.pafb.af.mil]
> Sent:   Wednesday, November 05, 1997 10:17 AM
> To:     'Tesla discussion Group'
> Subject:    Another "dumb thought"
> 
> This just occurred to me(scares me when that happens) and probably
> someone else has already been through this, but...
> 
> Has anyone considered, for modeling and testing purposes, replacing
> their neon with a step-down transformer to, say, just a few volts and
> replacing the spark gap with a transistor switch synched to 60Hz?
> 
> This would allow direct voltage and current measurement in relative
> safety.  I think it would also be interesting to investigate changing
> the phase of the suedo gap.

I did all this last year using MOSFETs and a DC supply. I could vary 
firing rate, quench phase etc. It doesn't get around the problem of 
direct measurement of a resonator though. I took two films of scope 
traces off a storage scope. It was very interesting indeed.

Cheers,
Malcolm

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