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Re: Thoraited Tungsten Rods



Original poster: "Jonathan Peakall" <jpeakall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

But bring a magnet when you go to buy them, many of them these days are
brass plated steel.

Jonathan

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: Thoraited Tungsten Rods


> Original poster: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Ah yes.... a word to the moneywise.... brass lamp finials work great
> for saftey gaps.  They are tapped for 1/4 20 bolts (at least all the
> ones I've used) which makes them convenient for mounting.
> Mike
>
> Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
>
> I'm not sure I can see any reason to use any sort of tungsten in a
> safety gap.  The point of a safety gap is to only fire in the event of
> something gone wrong, hopefully not too often.  The point of using
> tungsten is that it doesn't erode (ablate) following extended arcing.
> Nothing wrong with using tungsten of course - just not necessary.
> Brass
> acorn nuts and drawer pulls are widely available and perfectly suitable
> for safety electrodes..
>
> Gary Lau
> MA, USA
>
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