Scope pics...

[Bruce Plecan]

How about Edison /Tesla?.
Then again with an autotransformer things even blur more,  what at a glance
looks like something is something else.
Bruce




> I would like to know where I can buy this magic coil (transformer) that
when
> you put DC on the primary you get stepped up DC on the secondary.
> Furthermore this magic   DC coil running at 8000 RPM has a DC FREQUENCY of
> 532 HZ to Drive a DC tachometer indicating DC Revolutions per minute.
> It seems like we are having the Edison / Westinghouse war of the currents
> all over again
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt S Bower [SMTP:m.s.bower at cummins.com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 3:15 PM
> > To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> > Subject: Re: Scope pics...
> >
> >
> >
> > Bruce Plecan wrote:
> > >
> > > The output side of transfomer is A/C.
> > > It's just that simple.
> > > You can argrue and dance around things all you want.
> > > Biased high or low, it's A/C  might be riding on an dc bias,
> > > A DC spark is lightning.
> > > If the plug was firing a DC voltage just one side would erode.
> > >
> > Used to work on ignition development,  Current only flows one direction
> > through the plug.  There are a lot of A/C components to the wave form as
> > Bruce describes but the spark it self is always in a predictable
> > direction with erossion mostly being due to the energy being focused on
> > a finite point on the electrode and one on the ground strap.  These
> > points are not consistant errosion and formation of the ion path but the
> > erosion is spot melting at the point of energy transfer.  I have seen
> > high energy systems completely slag plugs on the bench when people
> > forget about the physical contraints of the material.
>

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