Re: 100 meter sparks (picture of GE machines!)

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• Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 08:07:32 -0600
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From: 	Jim Lux[SMTP:jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net]
Sent: 	Thursday, October 30, 1997 12:34 AM
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Subject: 	Re: 100 meter sparks  (picture of GE machines!)


> Wow, cool pics!!  Looks like a Colcroft-Walton arrangement, but... what
> would
> they have used for rectifiers?  Cold cathode tubes?
> Do you have any specs or info as to the theory of operation?
I am going to guess that it was two Marx banks. 5 MV with 250 kV/stage
would be 20 stages. The diagonal braces are probably the charging/feed
forward resistors, the caps are in the round towers.

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