[TCML] quench times again

[Barton B. Anderson]

Hi Chris,

> looks like a few things then things then.......
> all the tank energy gets used up very fast by a large spark to 
> ground.. case over...

Yes and the secondary transfer waveform collapses.

> or
>
> low spark output (maybe corona) drains the system slowly and 
> eventually energy drops low enough for the gap to quench..case over..

Actually, near all the energy will be consumed (once the gaps 
conducting, it doesn't take much to keep it conducting). As far as 
slowly? Maybe or maybe not. Obviously if it doesn't quench, it will 
transfer back and forth and power is being consumed during this process.

> or
>
> What happens *if* the spark gap quenches at the first notch (no 
> secodnary breakout at this point). The tank energy has to be trapped 
> in the secondary at that point... the spark gap is off.. so whats the 
> next step ?
The energy will dissipate somewhere. rf, corona, secondary, etc..
>
> I guess it will just break out into a spark as the energy just has 
> nowhere else left to go ?
Very likely or in some type of corona.
>
> Or it the toroid is to big and prevents breakout, the energy gets 
> trapped into RF waves... OR, if the RSG contacts are still aligned the 
> energy will all flow back into the primary again....
Both.

Take care,
Bart
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> Chris
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