Re: TSG with DC?

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Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>

Hi Folks

Just thinking aloud - how about a triggered horn gap (a la Jacob's
Ladder) - aren't they meant to be self-extinguishing?  Or would the
quench be too slow to stop the arc before the next pulse comes along?

Cheers

Matthew Smith

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>
> 
> Mike,
> 
> Yes, timing can be whatever you want.  But how do you get the gap to
> extinguish?  DC obviously doesn't have a zero crossing to stop gap
> conduction, so you have to quench it some other way.  You can have a power
> supply that "folds back" to zero when the gap fires - not an easy thing to
> design.  I think Marco's 10 KV output switching power supply may behave that
> way.  Or perhaps a strong blast of air will "blow out" the gap plasma.  I
> have yet to try a TSG with my DC powered TC.  If others have, please share
> your results.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Sent: Monday, December 17, 2001 10:40 PM
> Subject: Re: TSG with DC?
> 
> > Original poster: "Michael H Nolley by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <nolleym-at-willamette.edu>
> >
> >
> >     If the TSG were to be used on a DC coil, the timing issue would be
> > non-existent, am I
> > correct?  If so, how configurable could you make the TSG bps? It would be
> > cool if you could
> > adjust the breaks between 1 and several hundred bps.
> >
> >             --Mike
> >
> >
> >

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