Re: Vortex gap loss measurements

["Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-jpl.nasa.gov> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Perhaps not the ions in the plasma being blown away, but certainly the
heat.  Good idea.. if the air velocity increases, then the amount of
current necessary to keep the arc channel hot will increase. This is why
blown gaps quench better than non-blown (that, and they keep the electrode
cool, partially by "heat sink" effects and also because they move the
cathode spot around on the electrode).

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> Subject: Re: Vortex gap loss measurements
> Date: Sunday, September 03, 2000 10:52 AM
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> Original poster: "Metlicka Marc" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net> 
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> jim,
> could there be a constant voltage drop due to the fact that the plasma
> that is created is being blown away at a set rate, thus causing a set
> rate of electrons being needed to recreate the plasma spark channel? or
> am i way off base here? lord knows i could very well be.
> marc
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