Re: Spark Gap Evaluation

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• Date: Wed, 30 Jul 1997 20:15:47 -0500
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From: 	Malcolm Watts[SMTP:MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz]
Sent: 	Wednesday, July 30, 1997 3:17 PM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	Re: Spark Gap Evaluation

Hi Richard,

> From:   Richard Wayne Wall[SMTP:rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com]
> Sent:   Tuesday, July 29, 1997 4:33 PM
> To:     tesla-at-pupman-dot-com; rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com
> Subject:    Spark Gap Evaluation
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> 
> 7/29/79
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> R.Hull, Bert H., Malcolm et al,
> 
> 
> Has anyone captured a firing TC spark gap discharge on a digital scope?
> If so, what is the initital rise time?

Yes. I never noted risetime at the time but it's pretty fast. I will 
do this again when I get into the lab and measure it. I am planning 
to take photos of scope waveforms of running primaries, coils etc.
 
> Has any one measured the spectral content of a firing TC spark gap?

It's pretty clean, even with normal gap + pri Q's but I haven't 
measured it using spectral analysis.

Malcolm

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