RE: Magnetic quenching.

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Original poster: "Daniel Kline" <daniel_kline-at-med.unc.edu> 



 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 9:29 AM
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 > Subject: Re: Magnetic quenching.
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Glad to hear this.  I lost a few magnets when I tried it.  Oh
 > well, back to
 > the drawing board.
 >
 > Dr. Resonance

I was thinking of putting pieces of that asbestos-replacement stuff
(transite?) that neon benders use, or fiberglass board/blanket that
glassblowers use, in front of the magnets to protect them from heat. It
wouldn't take much (in terms of thickness) and would protect the
magnets. In fact, a thin coat of castable refractory on the pole-faces
would probably do just as well.

I would also use magnets across two axis: if the spark is axis X, then I
would have magnets across Y and Z to really pull the arc apart. Or would
that just be redundant...?
Dan K.