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Vacuum Tubes for spark gap (fwd)
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@pupman.com>
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Subject: Vacuum Tubes for spark gap (fwd)
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Tue, 10 Feb 1998 07:41:42 -0600
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Approved: tesla@stic.net
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From: Edward V. Phillips [SMTP:ed@alumni.caltech.edu]
Sent: Monday, February 09, 1998 2:24 PM
To: tesla@pupman.com
Subject: Re: Vacuum Tubes for spark gap (fwd)
"In a message dated 98-02-07 14:29:07 EST, you write:
> 1) is there any reason you couldn't use a vacuum tube(s) in this way?
> Perhaps power limitations through the prongs?
>"
There is a fundamental problem no one has mentioned yet,
as far as I can see. You won't get a breakdown at all in a vacuum,
if I understand what you're asking. Any sparking would be between
the tube pins. Of course, you could "let the vacuum out" by
breaking the seal on the tube.
Ed