Re: [TCML] Thyratron

[FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 4/24/08 10:01:09 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
fusion2xxx@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

>  I am rebuilding my pole pig powered coil and was wondering  has anybody 
had successfully used a 
>Hydrogen thyratron in place of the rotary spark gap? And if so,  what was 
the result and was there 
>any problems?


    Look in the TCML archives. As others have  mentioned, Richard Hull did 
some well-documented work. Dunno if he ever went so  far as to use forced 
commutation and inverse-parallel units with current  steering to make things better. 
But he was certainly aware of these issues! The  circuitry would've been a 
fair bit complex.
 
    I just picked up an F-288 thyratron for $20. It's a  reasonable-sized 
unit, but no matter how I approach it I think the thing is  really still best 
suited for its original application - switching a PFN into a  radar or laser 
load, or as a crowbar.  
 
-Phil LaBudde

Center for the Advanced Study of Ballistic  Improbabilities



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