Re: Magnetic spark gap quenching

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Original poster: Davetracer@xxxxxxx 


    I'm asking this to make my mistakes online rather than with magnets in 
place :-)

    How would I setup magnets to "blow out" the arc in the spark gap? 
(Presently I use a push/pull fan configured to get "A Mighty Wind" blowing 
through the arc and to quench it quickly.)

    I *believe* I have it worked out by looking at how magnets affect 
electron beams in a TV to cause the 1/60th refresh. But I hate to fry these 
magnets -- getting them out of the disk drive took quite some doing -- so 
if anyone has done this, or seen documentation on how to do it, I would be 
grateful for a pointer. I'll report the results back to the list.

    Thank you in advance,

    Dave Small