RE: magnetic quenched triggered gap

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau@xxxxxx>

By "pulsed operation", do you mean a means of modulating the operation
of the gap on and off?  Assuming you have an AC power supply, you'll fry
your HV supply or cap if your gap ceases to fire frequently enough to
prevent mains resonant rise.  Regular periodic operation of the gap must
never be interrupted.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

> Original poster: "colin heath" <colin.heath4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> hi all,
>         IMHO, at least with higher powered systems, its more practical
to just
> utilize a rotary spark gap, with a possible seriesed forced air cooled
> stationary gap to further commutate the heat of the spark.
>
> David
> well the reason im using a triggered gap is it will be controlled by
> electronics to fire at various times and firing rates. it will also be
> pulsed operation.
> i shall build the gap in the next week or so and will go from there
with
> the experiments.
> i can then scope the output to air with my old scope and look at the
> quenching with different methods
> cheers
> colin