RE: magnetic quenching efficiency

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com>

What you describe is used in circuit breakers, but won't work to quench a 
TC gap.  The problem is that we want the gap to quench at the "notches" - 
when the energy has moved to the secondary side and the tank/gap current is 
at a minimum.  Assuming the electromagnet is energized with tank current, 
we want the magnetic field to peak at the notch, and such a circuit works 
exactly opposite from what we need.

The archives appear to be full of references to magnetic quenching, but I 
have yet to see a credible, documented implementation.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

 >Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds by way of Terry Fritz 
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 >I think I read about electromagnet quenching in the archieves somewhere.  If
 >I remember correctly, they called it a blowout coil.
 >
 >Gerry R.
 >Ft. Collins, CO