Re: Spark Gap Width

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


For tuning use .060 to .080 inches (60-80 mils).

After resonance point is found and coeff. of coupling adjusted (raising &
lowering sec coil), then use
.220 to .225 as max gap.  This value is total of all gaps combined.

Dr. Resonance

 >
 >    Perhaps this is a rather basic question, but I'm hoping someone can
 > enlighten this newbie. I've looked around on the web and haven't been able
 > to get much help.
 >    My specific question is, how does one determine what width of spark gap
 > is needed? Is there a specific guideline, such as so many mm per kilovolt?
 > This is for an air-cooled static gap BTW (actually several gaps in
series).
 >    Thanks for any advice.
 >
 >
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