Re: SRSG Alignment

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

We knew you'd finally get around to the phasing question...
Use a strobe light synchronized to the power line.
or
Adjust for best output

The challenge is coming up with a way to adjust the physical motor (or fixed
electrode) position while running.  Threaded rods, insulated shafts, etc,
are all possibilities.

You'd need a synchronous motor, of course.

Some have built phase locked loop drives for a DC motor (that's bold,
considering the environment)

I would start with a simple blown static gap for your size coil.
It's easy, it's cheap, it works fairly well.  Get some hunks of copper pipe,
glue them to a substrate, and you're all set.

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Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 11:00 PM
Subject: SRSG Alignment


 > Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
 >
 > What are the methods used to get a SRSG lined up so it fires in relation
to
 > the peaks?
 > Is it trial and error is it set up so the motor housing is shifted while
in
 > operation?
 > I saw on the net somewhere where someone used  a capacitor and a variable
 > inductor to change the phase angle of the wave form feeding the gaps motor
 > thus changing the discs position. Is this practical? Common?
 >
 > Any input.
 >
 > After putting thought into this I am trying to decide if a SRSG is
 > something I wish to tackle at this stage or if I want to go with a static
 > gap and maybe do a different coil later if I get the bug to do a SRSG.
 >
 > But I can't make that decision until I know a little more about it.
 >
 > What are the common ways a SRSG is set up?
 > Luke Galyan
 > Bluu-at-cox-dot-net
 >
 >
 >