Reply To: 50 years… hmm

[mchargue]

vansig wrote:

The idea is that an auxiliary low voltage, high current power source would be connected to the conductors for a few nanoseconds or however long it takes to establish a stable magnetic field. Then the high voltage capacitor discharges before the magnetic field collapses in the conductors. That way the high voltage current isn’t slowed down by having to establish the magnetic field that is the cause of self-inductance.

i understand what you’re saying, but i don’t believe the physics works that way. the magnetic field isn’t the cause of self-inductance, but a consequence of the current flow. there will be no effect on the high-voltage current.

From my understanding, I don’t think that there’s any way to ‘prime the pump’, so to speak, as a way of reducing the inductance (reluctance) of the FF reactor. The use of non-ferrous materials, and short, well shielded/terminated, cable lengths, is probably the best that can be done. A magnetic field is created when charges are moved, and inductance (reluctance) is related to how easily the magnetic field can propagate through space – which is related to the permeability of the material the magnetic field propagates through. Low permeability means low inductance, (copper) while high permeability means high inductance. (iron)

Pat