Oscillation denial
Nice machining job on the adjustable spark-gap / magnetic quench. (Although I would have designed it so that the frame of the magnetic quench isn’t active, only the electrodes - not that it really matters I guess). I have not had the chance to view said videos. (I cannot understand Spanish).
Looking at the pictures it looks like you have a Variac, step-up transformer & rectified to DC with smoothing caps. Then one side of the output goes to the microwave transformer (though the primary coil) this then is then connected in series to the magnetic quench, back to the capacitors.
While the magnetic quench device seems reasonable, I doubt that any electric stinging shockwave will be manifest with this set-up. IMO the system needs to be in resonance, that is, on the charging side of the circuit, before it’s rectified to DC. This needs to be a high voltage low current resonant circuit, I.e. a series resonant circuit which charges your capacitor (or dielectric inductor). Certainly there is a narrow window of conditions exist even then. Then the spark-gap or ‘on-off’ device then needs to deny any kind of oscillation, the resultant discharge through an appropriate conductor or coil.
The magnetic quench gap device may indeed deny electric oscillation of an arc. Have you ever tried to arc-weld metal being held together with a neo magnet, next to the magnet. The arc is snuffed, impossible to weld. However this may not be the only method of oscillation denial?
Keep going..
Originally posted by antigraviticsystems1
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Looking at the pictures it looks like you have a Variac, step-up transformer & rectified to DC with smoothing caps. Then one side of the output goes to the microwave transformer (though the primary coil) this then is then connected in series to the magnetic quench, back to the capacitors.
While the magnetic quench device seems reasonable, I doubt that any electric stinging shockwave will be manifest with this set-up. IMO the system needs to be in resonance, that is, on the charging side of the circuit, before it’s rectified to DC. This needs to be a high voltage low current resonant circuit, I.e. a series resonant circuit which charges your capacitor (or dielectric inductor). Certainly there is a narrow window of conditions exist even then. Then the spark-gap or ‘on-off’ device then needs to deny any kind of oscillation, the resultant discharge through an appropriate conductor or coil.
The magnetic quench gap device may indeed deny electric oscillation of an arc. Have you ever tried to arc-weld metal being held together with a neo magnet, next to the magnet. The arc is snuffed, impossible to weld. However this may not be the only method of oscillation denial?
Keep going..
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