RE: heater on toroid / alternative

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Subject: RE: heater on toroid / alternative
From: "Dale Hall" <Dale.Hall-at-trw-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:39:53 -0700
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Alternative to heat:  (used in such things as EGG igniter switches)
Could try a piece of Americium (radioactive, from an old smoke detector) ?
should pre-ionize a spot on the toroid without a projection, encouraging
breakout
on an oversize toroid (else there is little need to concentrate discharge)
Old smoke detectors had up to 1000 uCuries ! so handle with care.
Dale
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Subject: heater on toroid


Original Poster: "Jan Florian Wagner" <jwagner-at-cc.hut.fi> 

Hi,

just some weirdo idea here... what would happen if one placed a
powerful heater - maybe some coiled up wire shortening a strong battery -
on the topload? I'm not thinking about the heat (i.e. not a candle), but
the glowing metal that releases electrons into the surroundings before
having streamers breaking out. (some sort of pre-ionization before the
breakout voltage in the field distribution around the heater is reached)

I've only a small coil and it would crash below my car battery, and
having wires extend to the toroid from elsewhere wouldn't be nice either,
so I can't try it myself, though I'd like to.

Would there be any observable/theoretic benefits or neat effects? Or no
effect at all? At least blue haze around the heater?

just being curious...

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