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Re: How many gaps is too much?



At 10:25 PM 2/13/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Subscriber: MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz Thu Feb 13 22:02:59 1997
>Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 07:28:52 +1200
>From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: How many gaps is too much?
>
>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.
>
>Thanks,
>Malcolm
>
>[ 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