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Spark gaps are an interesting way to switch when you get to a high enough voltage. Marx generators use a similar principle, using the spark to place parallel ca
by tiedieconderoga 4y ago
Spark gaps are an interesting way to switch when you get to a high enough voltage. Marx generators use a similar principle, using the spark to place parallel capacitors in series with one another.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx_generator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx_generator
I've often wondered if gas discharge tubes could serve a similar function at lower voltages, but I haven't gotten around to trying it out.
- azalemeth 4y agoIndeed -- or the highly related Cockroff Walton generator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockcroft%E2%80%93Walton_generator?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockcroft%E2%80%93Walton_gener...
- ilyt 4y agoThe whole point of using them is that they work at very high voltages and are very, very cheap. For low voltages there are just many more controllable and consistent ways of switch. Simple thyristor and cap bank for example. Or just transistor and controller.
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