Re: [Phys-l] egg science

[Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>]

On 2012, Apr 08, , at 15:33, brian whatcott wrote:

> Perhaps you are referring to Chuck's mention of inverter input 
> microwaves?  As far as I know, with a fixed magnetic field you need a 
> relatively constant e field to get those electrons moving in suitably 
> small orbits, in order to pass energy into the cavities. That still 
> amounts to bang-bang (all or nothing) power control, though at higher 
> repetition rates for the variable duty factor, quite possibly.
>
> Brian


Yes, that's the point.  Tho wasteful, "sopping up" power w/ water was the method I "proved" that disk (CD) sparking is due to heating and vaporization of the foil and not high field corona discharge.

bc thinks the filter cap. must be before the output switch.
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