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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: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 07:29:03 -0500 (EST)
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Subscriber: rhull@richmond.infi.net Sat Feb 15 15:34:10 1997
At 10:25 PM 2/13/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Subscriber: MALCOLM@directorate.wnp.ac.nz Thu Feb 13 22:02:59 1997
>Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 07:28:52 +1200
>From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM@directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
>To: tesla@pupman.com
>Subject: Re: How many gaps is too much?
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>Hello out there,
> Would somebody please tell this poor ignoramus what
>"plenum" or "a plenum" is? It's a term I've never heard in N.Z. and I
>can't find it in the dictionary.
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>Thanks,
>Malcolm
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>[ It's basically a cowling, or a box made of some sheet material (best
>non-conductive for spark gaps) that directs the air flow. Another term
>may be manifold -- Chip]
>
>Malcolm,
From dictionary:
4th def. "An enclosed volume of gas under greater pressure than that of a
surrounding container."
Richard Hull, TCBOR