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Quench, Coherence etc.
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From: Richard Hull [SMTP:rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net]
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 1998 12:04 PM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Quench, Coherence etc.
Tesla List wrote:
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> From: lod-at-pacbell-dot-net [SMTP:lod-at-pacbell-dot-net]
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 12:43 PM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: Quench, Coherence etc.
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> Richard Hull wrote:
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> > > Even with 8 rotating gaps in series, Electrum usually quenches on
> > > the 2nd notch, and 1st for gnd strikes. Could the arc dynamics
> > > possibly prefer a beating secondary?
> > > --
> > >
> > > -GL
> > > www.lod-dot-org
> >
> > Always greg, always! Greg is seeing through the eyes of experience
> > here in his thoughful query.
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> My query is probably more confused than thoughtful -- Why isn't
> one long, uninterrupted notch better? A single big notch has got
> to deliver more RMS to the arc than the case where the energy has
> to bounce off the lossy primary circuit a second time.
> --
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> -GL
> www.lod-dot-org
Your curiousity, whether thoughtful or not, was pregnant with
posibilities. The full story might not follow normal reasoning due to a
number of other factors. Arc dynamics, for instance, might like the
second and third notches just fine as once the main pop launches the arc,
the add on, even if nasty and lossey from the elegance of the tesla
engine viewpoint, might just rocket along the old channel extending it a
bit. (Might have nothing to do with the reduced Q and terminal
potential.) Where this starts to be detrimental is related to a lot of
variables yet to be considered or perhaps even recognized.
Richard Hull, TCBOR