Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> At 09:05 PM 3/22/2007, you wrote:
Original poster: Justin <rocketfuel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> What do you mean by high power levels? A friend in town showed me his design which he claimed could withstand 5kVA pretty well. > Original poster: "Jared Dwarshuis" <jdwarshuis@xxxxxxxxx> > > Hi: Justin > > It is nearly impossible to get high power levels to quench with a sucker > gap. > > > Sincerely: Jared Dwarshuis
Indeed. The Marx blast gap has been used at tens of kW in both pressure and vacuum implementations. It's all a matter of airflow and electrode design.