Plasma Ignition and Ed Gray
Hi David,
That is still pretty close to how I still see it.
I thought the cap discharge is accelerated. However, without the diode, cap discharge is slow into the inductor. With diode, it is faster, but most is going across a gap, which is almost a short circuit so doesn't have the type of resistances offered by a coil.
So, need to measure cap discharge speed being short circuited and then compare cap discharge over gap to see if over gap is faster than direct short. If it is faster over gap, then idea still is pretty much same. If not compared to direct short circuit, then have to rethink it a bit, but that still doesn't change the basic sequence of events of what needs to happen or the basic operating principles.
Do you have a diagram showing the diodes as you mention missing from the Gray patent? He has other things that are intentionally deceiving in it like to points of the overshoot safety gap shorted, etc...
Originally posted by David G Dawson
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That is still pretty close to how I still see it.
I thought the cap discharge is accelerated. However, without the diode, cap discharge is slow into the inductor. With diode, it is faster, but most is going across a gap, which is almost a short circuit so doesn't have the type of resistances offered by a coil.
So, need to measure cap discharge speed being short circuited and then compare cap discharge over gap to see if over gap is faster than direct short. If it is faster over gap, then idea still is pretty much same. If not compared to direct short circuit, then have to rethink it a bit, but that still doesn't change the basic sequence of events of what needs to happen or the basic operating principles.
Do you have a diagram showing the diodes as you mention missing from the Gray patent? He has other things that are intentionally deceiving in it like to points of the overshoot safety gap shorted, etc...
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