RE: Initial design of SRSG - 3D Model

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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>


The claimed disadvantage was that using an aluminum conductive ring would be
a "poor" conductive path as compared to the heavy duty connections used
elsewhere in the system.

Dan




> Dan, all,
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> What's the claimed disadvantage to using a conductive ring on
> the rotor?  I've used both methods and have seen no difference
> in performance.  Any losses in the ring would be negligable.
> This was at 700 watts or so.  At higher powers, a greater
> number of gaps may be of benefit for better cooling/quenching.
> 
> cheers,
> John
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> >     Is there a better way of doing it using the four stationary
> > electrode set-up?  I've receivied numerous comments already to not use a
> > conductive ring on the rotor itself.
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> >     Thanks
> >     Dan
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