[TCML] Sucker Gap

[bunnykiller]

Hey Phillip...

your gap is quenching if the coil was working...   remember, a coil 
charges the cap at about 120 times per second and the coil resonates in 
the kilo or mega Hertz range ( depending on coil size). In most cases, 
the human eye cannot tell if something is flashing on and off at a rate 
above 60+ Hz.  As far as running a gap on an NST with no coil involved ( 
basically a mini Jacobs ladder), the arc is being formed at ( once 
again) 120 times per second.  Thats 60 on the up side and 60 on the down 
side of the sine wave of the AC in 1 second.  I guess a good analogy is 
your computer screen, it refreshes itself 60+ times a second but you see 
no or very little flicker going on...

Scot D


Phillip Slawinski wrote:

>I just hooked up my new NST to my sucker gap to test gap width.  A very odd
>thing happened.  It had what appeared to be a power arc inside despite the
>vacuum motor running.  There was a 2mm thick plasma rod in the very middle
>of the electrodes that extended down the tube.  With every other transformer
>I have a ring of blue sparks forms around the outside.  Only a half circle
>of blue sparks formed this time, in addition to the plasma in the middle of
>the gap.  Could this be a sign that my sucker gap ... sucks?  Perhaps it's
>time to upgrade to a rotary?  If it can't even quench the NST without a cap
>there's no way it can quench it with one, right?
>
>Has anyone else seen this before?
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