Re: magnets for gap quenching?

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<RQBauzon-at-aol-dot-com>
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> is it true that magnets can be usd for quenching spark gaps? i do believe
> that they distort the feild of ionized air in the gap therefore distributing
> the hot ions and quenching the gap without a blast of air or the use of a fan

	True.  Some circuit breakers use "magnetic quenching".  Not sure the
idea would work for TC purposes, but you can sure get some strong
magnets at a good price these days.  All of the old high-power arc
transmitters used enormous electromagnets for a similar purpose.

Ed