RE: SRSG?

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



For a SRSG you need a synchronous motor, preferably a salient pole
synchronous motor which will start in the same relative position every time
you apply power to it.  Hysteresis type synchronous motors can start up in
any position which means you have to tune them everytime you run your coil.
However, using a phase controller and/or strobe light, this really isn't
much of a problem.

I've seen a lot of people running big coils (for example Ed Wingate and his
infamous magnifiers) using asynchronous gaps with extraodinary results.
I've built a synchronous motor spark gap already, but my next one (a big
one) will be an asynchronous gap.

Dan



What does one look for in a motor for use in a SRSG?  What are the
advantages of a SRSG over a ARSG?

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