Re: Gap Quenching.

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• Subject: Re: Gap Quenching.
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• Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 18:50:06 -0500
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From: 	Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: 	Wednesday, September 10, 1997 2:47 PM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	Re: Gap Quenching.

Hi John,

> Regarding the log decrement you're seeing due to the thin wire, do
> you think this will adversely affect the spark length in an actual
> sparking coil?
> 
> John Freau

After what I saw last night it doesn't seem to be doing too much 
damage :) But I could have done better. It seems pretty clear now 
that as one scales up in power, Ctot must scale also. This coil now 
has roughly 1mH/pf in the secondary system with half the total
capacitance in the resonator.

Malcolm

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