Re: Dump the RSG!

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• Subject: Re: Dump the RSG!
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• Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 14:45:08 -0600
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From: 	Jim Lux[SMTP:jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net]
Sent: 	Thursday, November 06, 1997 10:15 AM
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Subject: 	Re: Dump the RSG!



> I am trying to find out if an acquaintance of mine from some
> years ago is still around, he was/is a vacuum tube design engineer,
> and I recall him telling me about designing a tube for use in
> switching currents to a commercial induction furnace, for switching
> the juice on and off, and I have to believe that would involve
> huge emissions. And I dont mean fifty years ago; when I last saw
> him, he was retired, but still designing freelance, due to popular
> demand. (I am 37 years old)
> Food for thought....
> Randy

Possibly an Ignitron or other mercury vapor switch tube? Ignitrons are
fired by a voltage pulse to a trigger electrode. There is a bipolar Hg
vapor tube that is fired by a magnetic field on the Hg vapor causing it to
ionize, etc...

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