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Question - RQ spark gap plans (fwd)





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Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 20:11:18 -0600
From: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Question - RQ spark gap plans (fwd)

All,

        Many people have found that the RQ spark gap is better in their
systems.  Preliminary testing I have done suggests the opposite.  However, I
now have a theory as to why these gaps may give much better secondary sparks
(this may lead to even better designs).  I would like to build and RQ style
gap to test my theory out.  I have built similar gaps but they would not
show the proper effects I seek.
        I do have one concern.  As I understand the gap, there are many
copper pipe sections side by side.  I would think that the higher electric
field intensity at the ends of the pipes would cause the arcs to occur only
at the ends of the pipe sections instead if near the centers where we would
like.  Is this true and if not why not?  

Thanks

        Terry

terryf-at-verinet-dot-com
        or
terryf-at-peakpeak-dot-com


At 03:36 PM 5/3/98 -0600, you wrote:
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>Date: Sun, 3 May 1998 15:27:55 -0600 (MDT)
>From: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: RQ spark gap plans
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>Greetings all,
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>Here is the text to the RQ (Richard Quick) spark gap plans.   You can
>download bot the text and a gif image to accompany the text from 
>ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/electrical/tesla/misc/sparkgap.zip
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