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Re: HV discharge switch

From Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid>
Newsgroups sci.electronics.design
Subject Re: HV discharge switch
Date 2017-06-02 19:57 +0300
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On 2.6.17 15:40, George Herold wrote:
> On Thursday, June 1, 2017 at 11:19:45 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:
>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 22:16:56 -0400, M Philbrook
>> <jamie_ka1lpa@charter.net> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> What is the proper name for the three terminal encapsulated discharge
>>> device that has the HV terminal, the ground terminal and the terminal
>>> for the injected ignition arc to force the HV terminal to arc over to
>>> the Ground terminal..
>>>
>>> The last one I saw was round transparent glass bubble with the main
>>> ends on it and the ignition probe off the side close to the ground end.
>>>
>>>
>>> These units are used for very high voltage discharges using a smaller
>>> ignition arc as the switch.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>
>> Triggered spark gap?
> Thyratron?
> 
> George H.

No - a thyratron is a gas-filled vacuum tube.

An ignitron is a different beast, though.

-- 

-TV

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HV discharge switch M Philbrook <jamie_ka1lpa@charter.net> - 2017-06-01 22:16 -0400
  Re: HV discharge switch Bert Hickman <bert-hickman@comcast.net> - 2017-06-01 22:06 -0500
    Re: HV discharge switch M Philbrook <jamie_ka1lpa@charter.net> - 2017-06-02 20:59 -0400
  Re: HV discharge switch John Larkin <jjlarkin@highlandtechnology.com> - 2017-06-01 20:19 -0700
    Re: HV discharge switch George Herold <gherold@teachspin.com> - 2017-06-02 05:40 -0700
      Re: HV discharge switch Tauno Voipio <tauno.voipio@notused.fi.invalid> - 2017-06-02 19:57 +0300
  Re: HV discharge switch Clive Arthur <cliveta@nowaytoday.co.uk> - 2017-06-02 14:14 +0100
  Re: HV discharge switch krw@notreal.com - 2017-06-02 13:07 -0400
    Re: HV discharge switch Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> - 2017-06-02 10:18 -0700
      Re: HV discharge switch krw@notreal.com - 2017-06-02 17:40 -0400
  Re: HV discharge switch Winfield Hill <hill@rowland.harvard.edu> - 2017-06-02 11:40 -0700
  Re: HV discharge switch "dcaster@krl.org" <dcaster@krl.org> - 2017-06-02 19:28 -0700

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