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Air Blast?



Subject: 
           Air Blast?
      Date: 
           Tue, 18 Mar 1997 21:34:29 -0500
      From: 
           "Kevin M. Conkey" <teslacoil-at-mindspring-dot-com>
        To: 
           Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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I am still designing my new rotary gap. I am going to have several
electrodes about each side. I will be hooking it up with the equivalent
of 18 gaps with each 1/18 revolution (18 electrodes on wheel, in 9
heatsinked pairs, 5 on one side 4 on the other).

I have only attempted 1 other rotary before and thought I would ask for
comments before I finish building it.

Is that to many gaps to have?
(I thought I could tap down)(I could fit up to 8 pairs on each side)

Would placing a small air outlet (eyeglass dropper) near each gap that
is connected through an air valve to a mammoth air compressor (60lbs be
to much, to little? can go up to 110, but have valves and meters for
60), be of significant help in quenching, or is there a thing about too
much?

Would a better (or worse) option be using a vacuum motor attached to the
entire unit encased so that there is an air inlet near each electrode?

I was thinking of attaching a 950cfm blower to the assembly to cool the
electrodes and heatsinks. this gets complicated if I try to incorporate
a vacuum blower for the gaps, if I use compressed air it is a breeze.
--
Kevin M. Conkey