Dex Dexter wrote:
I guess the 'arc column' voltage drop must be considerably higher in a pulsed transient arc lasting for 10-20 microseconds than in a steady state arc of the same lenght and current.How much higher I don't know.Catode drops should be the same in both cases.Yes/No?
Cathode drop would be the same.The arc column heats up in microseconds (viz camera flash), so I don't know that TC arcs are all that different than a free-burning arc.
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