RE: Magnetic spark gap quenching

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Original poster: "Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Each gap has a magnet in it.
Sparks have charged particles.
Like poles repel, unlike poles attract.
A gap with two like poles facing each other would cause the charged
particles to try to get away from the magnetic field, moving far away
enough to self-quench.

This has nothing to do with alternating current, all this is is using a
magnetic flux to cause charged particles to escape the zone of
magnetism.
Think of a watermelon seed between two fingers.

You can also try it each way and let us know.

Also, the magnets are _in_ the poles and facing each other, not
perpendicular to them.


Dave



> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:08 PM
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> Subject: Re: Magnetic spark gap quenching
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> Original poster: Davetracer@xxxxxxx
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>      I'm asking this to make my mistakes online rather than
> with magnets in
> place :-)
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>      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.)
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>      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
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