Re: OLTC Thoughts

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Wall Richard Wayne by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>

> ...
> Richard Hull's H2
> thyratron magnifier, by necessity, quenched at the first zero crossing of
> the wave form.  So only the positive half of the energy cycle was passed to
> the primary.  While a very interesting design, it is not a spectacular
> performer, if one measures performance by spark length.  It's a phenomenal
> research device though.  

This is quite strange. A Tesla coil, or a magnifier, can't operate
correctly without at least two polarity reversals in the primary
current.
If the current is interrupted after the first half-cycle, only a small
fraction of the primary energy is transferred to the secondary.
Where is this magnifier described?

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz