[TCML] BPS Testing

[bartb]

Hi John,

Ok, I guess it has always been 1.7 but for some reason I was thinking 
the 1.7 was an update from some value before that (long ago). I guess not.

FutureT at aol.com wrote:
>  
> Yes, but that's a good feature to have in JavaTC.  And your  new
> BPS of 104 or whatever seems pretty good now.  Wasn't it 88  before?
> Not a 50% increase, but a nice increase I think.  Does  the
> coil seem to run smoother at the 104 BPS?
>  
> John
>   
If I run the numbers with faceplate transformer values, then 82 bps. I 
was expecting about 95 and got 104. Higher, but reasonable. The 120V 
test last week was 1.143 higher, this is 1.268 higher. So firing rate 
increased by 11% after bumping the voltage up to 140V. This could be 
ferro resonance or maybe some low voltage arcs occurring due to enough 
ionization around the electrodes to allow low voltage breakdowns. The 
higher energy at 140V should enhance this situation. The light can't 
distinguish the energy level, it only knows breakdown occurred. Also, as 
the frequency of breakdown is increased at 140V, this should also 
enhance low voltage breakdown occurrences increasing the overall bps 
even further.

Take care,
Bart