RE: Tiny Spark Gaps? (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 17:09:30 -0500
From: Carl Litton <Carl_Litton@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: RE: Tiny Spark Gaps? (fwd)

Thanks, Colin, and to the others who responded.  That answers the
question.  They are obviously overvoltage devices and would be useful in
protection circuits.

Carl Litton
Hilton Hotels Corporation
901-374-5747

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Subject: Re: Tiny Spark Gaps? (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 20:34:00 +0100
From: colin heath <colin.heath4@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: Tiny Spark Gaps? (fwd)

hi carl,
        i have seen spark gaps like you describe and also have a high
voltage relay of this size from a defib.
cheers
colin heath

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Subject: Tiny Spark Gaps? (fwd)


> Original poster: <sroys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 11:48:51 -0500
> From: Carl Litton <Carl_Litton@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: High Voltage list <hvlist@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Tiny Spark Gaps?
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> Carl Litton
> Guest Assistance
> Hilton Hotels Corporation
> 901-374-5747
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> Throughout the charging systems of a very high voltage capacitive
> discharge system, we are finding small devices that appear to be tiny
> spark gaps in cylindrical glass cases.  ~1cm x 1cm clear tube with
metal
> end caps and axial leads, interior surface of end caps is strongly
> convex.
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> Are these things what they seem?  Would they be useful in transformer
> protection circuits?
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> Carl Litton
> Hilton Hotels Corporation
> 901-374-5747
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> [Barry...?  This sounds like a question for you... SRR]
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