Re: [TCML] JAVATC - Question

["Dex Dexter" <dexterlabs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The gap is shorter,the arc is shorter in hyperbaric gap for the same inital breakdown voltage.
Dex 



--- jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

From: jimlux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [TCML] JAVATC - Question
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:36:11 -0700

Dex Dexter wrote:
> The important reason I think may be that the gap spacing for the same
> breakdown voltage decreases.The arc is shorter.
> Shorter the arc column-> smaller the voltage drop (and conductive loss).
> There could be other things at work here why it works better too.
> But I have no knowledge about them and just speculate.
> 
> Dex
> 
> 
Breakdown voltage doesn't have much to do with voltage drop across the 
arc (because there isn't any arc yet, eh?)
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