On 3/23/13 7:25 AM, Carl Noggle wrote:
Control of number of breaks per second (by number of electrodes on rotor or stator) and relative timing to line frequency.Hey--- After a couple of years of reading the wisdom in these posts, I still am not sure what advantage the rotary gap has over a blown static gap. Could any enlighten me? thanks much...
A blown static gap fires when the voltage gets "high enough".I think a well designed blown triggered gap could do as well (if not better) than a rotary, but it trades electronics complexity for mechanical complexity.
A rotary gap could have better quenching, but I'm not sure. The arc stretches pretty long after the initial presentation and firing, and ultimately, I think it's really no different than stretching the arc in a blown gap.
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