Spark Gap Auto Quenching/control

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Original poster: "Cory Roussel by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <imcuddlycory-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hello coilers,

I  have had this idea for a while mabey one of you
will carry it out for me to see what happens... the
idea is basically to intergrate a triggered spark gap
(car coil/dimmersetup) and also a solid state resonant
circut disruptor...  all the above means is, triggered
spark gap, which by nature is normally longer than the
normal spark gap length powered by a car coil with
goes through a dimmer and some sort of ballasts ( i
use caps) so it doesnt explode,  the idea is, the
dimmer will make it fire at whenever in the phase you
want from 0-90 degrees in the cycle so you want to
make it fire at say 80-90 degrees, that would be the
LOWest setting, so ok now you have a poorly or Not at
all quenched triggered gap eh? ok now the second part
of the idea is to have a power TRIAC built in series
with the coil and the capacitor...  the triac should
use ANOTHER switching setup (this will require a
knowledge of electrical circutry and signal
generation) which should remain ON during the entire
process except to turn it OFF about 2 or 3 degrees
after the gap fires, it should be turned back on
before the 180 degree mark...  so basically you end up
with a totally electrically controlled spark gap, that
automatically quenches your spark!  this would be
useful perhaps for large coils with big amperages or
for MOTs...  the Power Triac could be replaced with a
transistor or possibly a tube but this idea would
prolly be a little expensive but it would DEFINately
be worth a try..

sincerely

Cory Roussel