Re: [TCML] NST's and ARSG's

["Phillip Slawinski" <pslawinski@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is what I'm describing.

Sadly, my motor's speed does not vary at all with voltage, unless the
voltage is so low that the rotor will not spin.

On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 4:11 PM,  <FutureT@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Gary,
>
> I think what the poster may have meant was that his gap runs at  something
> close to
> a multiple of 60Hz.  If this is the case, then the gap will slowly (or
> quickly)
> drift into phase and out of phase with the incoming 60Hz AC.  The  spark
> output will pulse, with the sparks stopping, then growing longer, then
> shorter,
> then stopping again and repeating this action over and over.  This  effect
> can also
> be reproduced with any variable speed rotary gap by adjusting the rpm  just
> right.  The cure is to change the motor speed somewhat.   Sometimes just
> supplying a higher or lower voltage to the motor will fix the problem (in  the
> case of induction motors).
>
> Cheers,
> John
>
> In a message dated 6/11/2008 8:36:16 A.M. US Eastern Standard Time,
> Gary.Lau@xxxxxx writes:
>
> I didn't  follow:
>> it was firing every time the gap came into phase
> An async  gap fires at random phase.  And:
>
>> maybe I shoudn't have been  running in the air
> ?
>
> Running with a smaller than resonant cap may be  a problem unless you're very
> sure that the break rate never got too  low.
>
> Regards, Gary Lau
>
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