[TCML] BPS Testing

[bartb]

Hi John,

A clarification. When I wrote the firing rate increased by 11%, I'm 
specifically talking about the number of faster breaks (not the actual 
bps). Thus, the higher occurrences of breaks did not scale 1:1 with the 
120V test, but increased these occurrences by about 11% overall.

Bart

bartb wrote:
> 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
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