Re: rotary disc interupter

["Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

It's gonna be loud... what you describe is basically a siren, but it's a
good idea. You can reduce the acoustic noise substantially, and also
potentially improve performance, by using some tuned resonators  (giving
you a lot more things to adjust, and to blame when it doesn't produce 100
ft sparks).

I can conceive of a pulsed air blast gap.   Perhaps Marx did something with
pulsed gaps?  He certainly did a lot with air blast gaps in general.

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> Subject: rotary disc interupter
> Date: Sunday, August 20, 2000 9:20 AM
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> Original poster: "Dan Kunkel" <dankunkel-at-hotmail-dot-com> 
> 
> All,
> 
> a thought occured to me. use the disc in conjunction with an air blast.
in 
> other words don't use the slots to break the spark, use the slots to
pulse 
> an air jet. no more wear on the disc with this method, in fact you could
put 
> wedges or "blades" on the disc so that the air stream would cause it to 
> rotate and an electric motor would be obsolete.
> 
> dan
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