Re: New gap design

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• Subject: Re: New gap design
• From: "Reinhard Walter Buchner" <rw.buchner-at-verbund-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 17:16:24 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Hi Scot,

> Original Poster: "Bunnykiller" <bigfoo39-at-idt-dot-net>
>
> BIG SNIPPP....   ( making terry happy)
> I used a single gap set ( tungsten 1/8" rods) with air forced
>cooling on my 14.4KV 10KVA piggie  ...

You are running 10kVA through a SINGLE set of 1/8" rods??
IŽd suggest you switch over to at least a multiple gap or
even better a RG. YouŽll love your increase in spark length
just from switching over from that single gap.

> the heat involved is quite a bit   it will melt/reduce/pit/blacken
>the tungsten rods to nubby little studs  ;)

IŽll bet on that!! Your gap type will never quench correctly
at this power level.

> also i found out i get better results if the air flowing thru
> the spark gap is at higher than atmospherical pressure
> blow  dont suck

Easy to explain this one. "Blowing" increases the air density,
while sucking "thins out" the air, resulting in even less
quenchability.

Coiler greets from Germany,
Reinhard

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