RE: magnetic quenching efficiency

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Original poster: "Black Moon by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <black_moons-at-hotmail-dot-com>

I think the idea would be you'd have a 2nd system, possabley with a 
triggered gap or SCR to quench the arc


>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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>Subject: RE: magnetic quenching efficiency
>Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2003 12:42:39 -0600
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>Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com>
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>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
>