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To: "Tesla List" <tesla@pupman.com>
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Subject: rotary design
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From: "tesla list" <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:27:32 -0500
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From: Greg Leyh <lod@pacbell.net>
To: Tesla List <tesla@pupman.com>
Date: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: rotary design
Bill Noble wrote:
> It seems to me from an engineering perspective that the "type 2" gap
should
> be superior because the heat build up on the electrodes can be conducted
> away (not radiated) along the whole disk. Just mount the disk on a
> non-conducting shaft. With one "gap" per disk, you may need several
disks,
> but cooling, hence quenching should be measurably superior.
No argument there, except that typically the rotor is set up
to have 2 gaps per disk, located 180deg apart. The current
then flows across the disk face.
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-GL
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