dmcguire56
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I often must troubleshoot high-voltage systems that fail by arcing. The system tells me when an arc occurs but does not provide clues as to what part of the HV system arced. The basic components of the HV system are an inverter connected to a voltage multiplying tank and finally a x-ray tube. All this is moving while in operation. I was wanting to make a device to determine the source of the arc. The components are connected by cables. The tank is about 24 inches from the inverter and the tube is about 30 inches from the tank. I was hoping that a device with three equal length leads, running to each component could detect which one arced. Even though the arc would be cascaded to each component there would be a few nanoseconds difference in time. Does anyone have an idea how I might approach this? Thanks