Re: Magnetic quenching.

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> 

Tesla list wrote:
 >
 > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 >
 > 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.
 >
 > It can work if you use some thick Nomex or other good heat blocking material
 > between the magnet and the gap.
 >
 > RSG's are simplier to construct with less fiddling around and they work very
 > well.

How about a RSG with strong magnets mounted in the rotor, close to the
rotating terminals? The rotation would keep them cool.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz