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Vacuum Tubes for spark gap (fwd)
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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@pupman.com>
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Subject: Vacuum Tubes for spark gap (fwd)
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Sun, 8 Feb 1998 21:01:18 -0600
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Approved: tesla@stic.net
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From: HomerLea@aol.com [SMTP:HomerLea@aol.com]
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 1998 8:41 PM
To: tesla@pupman.com
Subject: Re: Vacuum Tubes for spark gap (fwd)
In a message dated 98-02-07 14:29:07 EST, you write:
> 1) is there any reason you couldn't use a vacuum tube(s) in this way?
> Perhaps power limitations through the prongs?
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If you use too much power, both conducting surfaces will heat up and then the
tube will keep conducting freely in both directions so you get no quenching.
jim heagy