Re: static gap were run in series with a rotary gap

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Original poster: Matthew Smith <matt-at-kbc-dot-net.au> 

Tesla list wrote:
>If a small static gap were ran in series the distance of the total of the 
>gaps would be a little larger.  This might reduce the arcs from jumping to 
>the electrodes in the rotary gap before the electrodes are in line.  And 
>the electrodes in the rotary could still be kept very close to allow for a 
>more precise timing.

I believe that static in series with rotary is not uncommon.  You can also 
trigger the static gap; this has the static control the start of the spark 
and the rotary the quench.  Shouldn't be that hard to get it all 
synchronised - I'd probably go for an optical system to fire the trigger 
for the static gap. (White spot by each electrode on black rotor or 
vice-versa.)

Cheers

M

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Matthew Smith
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