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Re: Top Toroid
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: Top Toroid
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From: Jim Fosse <jim.fosse@bdt.com>
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Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 04:57:06 GMT
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Subscriber: jim.fosse@bdt.com Wed Feb 5 22:35:31 1997
>Subscriber: harris@parkave.net Mon Feb 3 21:18:58 1997
>Date: Sun, 2 Mar 1997 16:56:35 -0500
>From: Ed Harris <harris@parkave.net>
>To: tesla@pupman.com
>Subject: Re: Top Toroid
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>> Not at all. If the gap has a more-or-less fixed conduction voltage,
>> then losses scale as I. With a normal resistance they scale as I^2.
>> Case 1 is V*I, Case 2 is I^2*R
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>Just wanted to point out that the fixed conduction voltage scenario is
>essentialy what would be predicted by Aryton's arc equation and leads
>to a linear decay rather than an exponential one for a single LC circuit.
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Hi Ed,
Would you care to post Aryton's arc equation for us? Does it
have a variable resistance vs current term? Any thought on modeling a
spark gap for tesla use?
Regards,
jim