Re: Magnetic Gap Quenching

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Matthew,

This is just to reinforce your desire to succeed with magnetic quenching.  I
also have a dual MOT DC doubler with a TSG, and believe me, quenching is a
challange.  I ended up having to use a vacuum cleaner blower at full blast,
and even then, it would not quench when the power was cranked past about
90%.  I haven't tried adding magnetic quenching yet, but also have a dozen
magnetron magnetics to play with.  I think you will need both magnetic and
some moving air to adequately quench.
--Steve
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Subject: Magnetic Gap Quenching


> Original poster: "Matthew Smith by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au>
>
> Hi All
>
> I'm following the "Magnequench" thread with interest and am wondering
> where it might lead. I have been planning a DC coil - rectified/doubled
> MOT pair (a la Greg Hunter) powering a triggered, static gap.
>
> The (theoretical) hurdle to date has been quenching the gap; I don't
> want to play around with vacuum cleaners and the like, nor rotary gaps -
> I simply don't want any moving parts (apart from those which can also be
> a wave ;-)).  Is it possible that I could use a simple static triggered
> gap and a bunch of MO magnetron magnets (I currenly have a dozen or so
> employed as extra-strong refrigerator magnets;-)) in an appropriate yoke
> to look after the quenching?  I guess that with a permanent magnet
> (permanent quench) the gap would need to be a little smaller...
>
> I visualise the magnet something like this - using a total of six maggie
> magnets as an example; would this be enough?
>
>
>       XXX  gap   XXX
> XXXXXXXX        XXXXXXXXX
> XXXXXXXX        XXXXXXXXX
>   MAG#1             MAG#4
>   MAG#2             MAG#5
>   MAG#3             MAG#6
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>
> Where XXX is steel bar.
>
> Cheers
>
> Matthew Smith
>
>
>