Re: Thyratrons good for VTTC?

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

In a message dated 3/14/02 10:06:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:

Matt,

The only person I know of who used a thyratron for a Tesla coil,
is Richard Hull.  He used it in a small magnifier.  Most 
thyratrons can't handle the bi-directional ringdown current,
so he just let a 1/2 cycle pulse though, by triggering the
thyratron with a short duration pulse.  It wasn't a VTTC
though, because a thyratron is not a vacuum tube, it's a gas
filled tube.  Richard used a hydrogen thyratron because it
can de-ionize in less than one RF half-cycle at typical TC 
frequencies.  

Cheers,
John


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> Hi guys, can thyratrons be used for a VTTC?
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> 3C23 ?
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> Just curious,
> Matt
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