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Re: How many gaps is too much?
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: How many gaps is too much?
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From: richard hull <rhull@richmond.infi.net>
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Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 00:17:23 -0500 (EST)
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Subscriber: rhull@richmond.infi.net Wed Feb 12 23:10:57 1997
At 11:25 PM 2/11/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Subscriber: tesla@america.com Tue Feb 11 22:56:01 1997
>Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 07:14:41 -0500 (EST)
>From: Bob Schumann <tesla@america.com>
>To: tesla@pupman.com
>Subject: How many gaps is too much?
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>Howdy all,
> Maybe I am mistaken but did Tesla say something like
>that you could never have too many gaps?
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>I was thinking of making a stationary spark gap but to have
>many of them which will bring the distance between any given
>2 gaps closer as the number of gaps increase. I think that by
>having many more gaps, you would have a better 'resolution'
>so to speak when adding in or taking out gaps.
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>Thanks is advance
>Bob Schumann
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>Bob,
Very old idea, only recently pulled off the shelf, dusted off, and shown to
outdo any rotary gap up to the 5KW class if done thoughfully. I have even
seen them used quite effectively on small magnifiers! Our own Dave Sharpe
has a tapable 20 gap static that is plenum forced air cooled and it is his
go anywhere gap. I use a 13 gap setup with my small coil which used a 4KV neon.
Richard Hull, TCBOR