Re: Better Electrode Material

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Better Electrode Material
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 11:14:30 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

In a message dated 5/25/00 7:45:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> > 
>  > Original Poster: "David Huffman" <huffman-at-fnal.gov>
>  > 
>  > Hello All,
>  > Just a thought here. Has anyone ever tested the effect of various metals 
> in
>  > a spark gap? I remember hearing zinc is bad for several reasons. Brass is
>  > zinc and copper so maybe it would not be the best choice. It would be 
nice
>  > to know the performance of a SG with different types of metals.
>  > Dave Huffman
>  
Dave,

I've found that silver works very well for static gaps.  It never needs 
cleaning
and seems to quench well.

Cheers,
John Freau

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