Re: Fast quenching spark gaps - External Series Gap on Rotary Gap

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Original poster: "colin.heath4" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com> 

hi dan,
         what you suggest is fine. it makes no odds wether the quench is done
in the static or rotary part of the gap.
cheers
colin

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Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: Fast quenching spark gaps - External Series Gap on Rotary Gap


 > Original poster: The MCP <ejkeever-at-comcast-dot-net>
 >
 > Did I hear "magnetically quenched?" I wonder how much my 2" by .5" disk
NIB
 > magnet will my spark gap quenching. I'm gonna try it...
 >
 > *Back.* Ok - I'm too afraid to get the magnet close enough to see exactly
how
 > much good it can do :) How close does it need to get go help?
 >
 > On Monday 13 October 2003 09:25 am, Tesla list wrote:
 >  > Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
 >  >
 >  >
 >  > I'm looking to improve the quenching times on my 10" ARSG Rotary Gap
for
 >  > magnifier use.  I don't want to build a complex
 >  > integrated series gap built into the rotary spark gap such as the type
 >  > used by Ed Wingate, but was wondering
 >  > if just by adding some series static gaps (air blown or magnetically
 >  > quenched) in series external to the gap would
 >  > work okay for starters.
 >  >
 >  > Here is a picture of what I was thinking.
 >  >
 >  > http://users.snip-dot-net/~liche/seriesgap01.jpg
 >  >
 >  > Thanks
 >  > Dan
 >
 >