Re: magnetic quenched triggered gap

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Original poster: "colin heath" <colin.heath4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

While there is plenty of talk about where to get strong magnets, I have
> yet to hear any credible reports of anyone having actually built a
> magnetically quenched gap for a Tesla coil, and demonstrated that they
> actually improve the performance more than, say, a clove of garlic.  In
> other words, one can't just build one and report that it works well;
> you'd have to operate the identical gap with and without the magnets and
> compare the performance.  Magnetically quenched gaps ARE used in circuit
> breakers, but I'd like to hear an actual report of the technology being
> used and compared in our application.  I agree the theory sounds
> promising, but...
>
> Skeptically,
> Gary Lau
> MA, USA
hi gary,
           ok i think i should do this then. when i build it ill start fan 
blown and monitor the quench on a scope then i will hook up magnets and 
scope it again and post results to my site. it may be a couple of weeks but 
it will happen
cheers
colin heath
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Subject: RE: magnetic quenched triggered gap


> Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau@xxxxxx>
>
> While there is plenty of talk about where to get strong magnets, I have
> yet to hear any credible reports of anyone having actually built a
> magnetically quenched gap for a Tesla coil, and demonstrated that they
> actually improve the performance more than, say, a clove of garlic.  In
> other words, one can't just build one and report that it works well;
> you'd have to operate the identical gap with and without the magnets and
> compare the performance.  Magnetically quenched gaps ARE used in circuit
> breakers, but I'd like to hear an actual report of the technology being
> used and compared in our application.  I agree the theory sounds
> promising, but...
>
> Skeptically,
> Gary Lau
> MA, USA