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Re: Better Gap Worth Effort
HELLO,
> Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <malcolm.watts-at-wnp.ac.nz>
>
> This post caught my attention:
>
>> Original Poster: "unicorn" <unicorn-at-telerama-dot-com>
>>
>> HELLO,
>>
>> I think static gaps are crape. Tah take to long to cleen and it do not
>> quench to good. A rsq or a air blast gap works much better then a static
>> gap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>>
>> kid-kv
>>
>> P.S I made a air gap with a fan and brass serws and it works much better
> then
>> the static gap i had. The static gap took to long to cleen. My coil has
>> bottle caps and a air gap. With the fan i get 12" eze with out the fan i
>> get 4" to 7" sparks. does that give the id.?
>
> The type of gap is not the single determinant of performance.
> Perhaps the coil is a bit wanting in a few areas as well. The primary
> cap is also most worthy of attention. I have posted this many times
> but I have a coil which delivers 5' peak attached sparks and uses a
> single 1/2" tungsten carbide tipped static gap with a *very gentle* air
> flow past the electrodes. I know for a fact that many factors
> contribute to the success of this coil. For example, adding a larger
> topload and another turn to the primary to maintain tune added
> nearly a foot to the output and made sparks hotter into the bargain -
> all with the same gap setting and power input. I had to add a tiny
> amount of airflow to prevent the gap power arcing since k increased
> with the change in primary and reduced gap "quiet time". I think
> Richard Hull's concept of "synergism" was most apt.
>
> Regards,
> malcolm
>
>
But one thing the air gap has a very high Q and gives extremely low quench
times.
kid-kv
>
Regards