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Re: Spark Gap Problem



Perhaps your vacuum cleaner blower is starved for air at the narrow gap
settings.  Try using a speed reducer of some sort (variac, dimmer switch,
etc.)  Just a thought.

Greg

At 06:46 PM 4/25/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Original Poster: Adam <psycho-at-tradewind-dot-net> 
>
>I just finished my Gary Lau style vacuum cleaner spark gap, and I've got
>a bit of a problem.
>
>Whenever the gap is close, as in Tesla Coil use, the vacuum cleaner
>motor starts to have a heart attack.  As soon as the gap is widened to
>about .25 inch, which is totally unrealistic, everything is fine.
>Suggestions?
>
>Thanks,
>Adam
>
>
>