Re: spark gap construction

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Original poster: "Matthew Boddicker" <shmerpleton_town@xxxxxxxxxxx>

What exactly is quench factor? I have only started coiling half a year ago.

Matthew Boddicker


> From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: spark gap construction
> Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 23:25:06 -0600
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> Original poster: "resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Why go thru all this work when it's simply not necessary?
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> I've been building coils for 50 years and have 
> never had to use magnetic fields to acheive the proper quench factor.
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> Dr. Resonance
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> > This is Matthew again.
> > what about using two, maybe even four solinoids 
> > perpindicular to the gap? Magnets, I agree 
> > would heat up and weaken, but I don't think 
> > solinoids would. The only problem that I see 
> > though is possibly the heat melting the 
> > solinoids or the spark gap arcing to the solinoids.
> >
> > Matthew

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