Re: Dwell Controller - Thanks!

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 1/28/01 5:13:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> Original poster: "Thomas McGahee by way of Terry Fritz 
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" 
> <tom_mcgahee-at-sigmais-dot-com>

Fr. Tom,

I agree in theory.  The reason i think it was mechanical friction
is because this electrode got much hotter than when I tried just
one spinning electrode (two gaps).  If fact it got hotter than any
spinning electrode of mine ever got.  I would think that if the
spacings were slightly different, the temperatures would not
be this different.  You'd burn your finger on this hot electrode,
the other one was just warm.

John
>  
>  If the electrode spacing for the two electrodes is not the same,
>  then even though they get the same current, they will see 
>  different voltage levels. P=E*I. Double the voltage and
>  you double the power. 
>  
>  This is not to say that direct friction
>  cannot be the cause in your particular case.
>  
>  Fr. Thomas McGahee
>  
>  
>  > When I first tried out this gap, one of the spinning electrodes
>  > was running very hot, the other was barely warm.  This doesn't
>  > make sense since they're in series.  I think what was happening
>  > is that I had them adjusted so close that one of them was rubbing
>  > on the fixed electrode as it spun, and heated it up by mechanical
>  > friction.  I can't think of any other explanation.  This may have 
>  > contributed to the electrode crash too, as they heated and
>  > expanded and dragged more and more.  Now with a little wider
>  > spacing, the both spinning electrodes run at the same
>  > temperature.
>  > 
>  > John
>  > 
>  >