Re: magnetic quenched triggered gap

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Original poster: "David Rieben" <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Colin,

You mentioned that you were interested in running up
to 2 kW of power. To me at least, that's not what I would
consider a "higher powered system". I was thinking of
power levels >5 kVA, which could make a considera-
ble difference. IIRC, Richard Hull used to state that
rotary gap quenching was essential for power levels
> 3 kVA. Of course that's been a few years back, too
and I'm sure the "art" of SG design has advanced quite
a bit since then along with the entire Tesla coil design.
Try it out and let us know how it works out ;^) Ted
Rosenburg really helped advance the design of trig-
gered gaps for Tesla coils back in the 2000-2001 time
frame, but I think that this was intended mostly for
NST powered systems ( ~2 kVA and under).

David


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Subject: Re: magnetic quenched triggered gap


> 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