Re: Magnetic quenching.

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "David Thomson" <dave-at-volantis-dot-org>
 >
 > Hi Doc,
 >
 >  > The main problem is:
 >  >
 >  > The magnets have to be reasonably close to the spark gap.  5,000 degree
 >  > temps tend to eliminate the magnetism in the magnets.  It's like fighting
 > a
 >  > fire with a gasoline hose.
 >
 > I've used magnetic spark quenching for years with no loss of magnetism in
 > the magnets.  In fact, there is no heating of the magnets.  My spark gap and
 > TC run so cool as a unit I can operate it for an hour with no appreciable
 > heating on the transformer, gap, or coils.  The spark gap itself makes very
 > little noise compared to my copper tube assembly spark gap.
 >
 > Dave

	How about some design details?  Have you compared gap operation with
and without the magnetic field?

Ed