Re: TSG Advantages?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 8/30/01 3:46:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


>
> Hi Greg, 
>         The losses certainly won't be lower, at least on a transfer 
> by transfer basis as the discharge path is longer. The major benefits 
> would be precise firing timing and ideal quenching, although again it 
> obviously comes at a (loss) cost. 
>
> Regards, 
> malcolm 



I would think the biggest advantage over a synchronous rotary gap would be 
ease of construction and total cost of the project.  It should be cheaper to 
build and less costly compared to buying or modifying a motor to be 
synchronous, fabricating the rotor disk, electrodes, stationary electrodes, 
phase shifting circuit, etc.  The heads up comparison of a TSG v.s. a SRG for 
performance will be interesting. 

Ed Sonderman