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Re: Liquid properties



Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


You can't submerge the sparkgap in transformer coil --- the firing sparkgap
will tend to breakdown the oil, ie, carburizing it, and soon the oil will
become an erratic insulator.

Gases will work good, especially nitrogen which is cheap.  That's how a
quench gap works -- the O2 is quickly burned away leaving N2 (80% of
atmosphere) between the copper electrode faces.

This is also why a quench gap needs to be clamped and the G-10 insulating
material properly machined --- you need a near air-tight chamber between the
copper electrodes.  We made a few using 3/16 inch thick copper with circular
machined surfaces raised 1/8th inch on each surface --- then clamped them
very tight with G-10 3/8th inch rod.  Performance was very good in the range
2-6 kVA.  Nice for a potential xmfr powered system or multiple NST powered
systems.

You can't cut them accurate enough with a bandsaw --- they need to be
machined for best performance.  If the chambers aren't sealed they become a
standard atmospheric gap --- not a true quench gap similar to the old spark
transmitters.

Dr. Resonance

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 > Im guessing that you want to submerge your spark gap....    if you are,
 > most everything has been tried, hobby wise, semi professional wise, and
 > extremely professional wise.....  things like near total vacuum, hi
 > pressured liquid hydrogen, SF6, oils, inert gasses, nobel gasses, Pure
 > water...
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 > the voltages and amperages we use can make a Plasma cutter look inept...
 > besides   air is cheap and pleanytful  :)
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 > Scot D
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 > Tesla list wrote:
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 > >Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
 > >Can anyone point me to some liquids that have high thermal conductivity
 > >and high dielectric strength?
 > >Thanx
 > >
 > >Luke Galyan
 > ><mailto:Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>Bluu-at-cox-dot-net
 > >http://members.cox-dot-net/bluu
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