Re: newbie question - spark gap and toroid

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com> 

Hi Shu,

I have had the idea to use a small Weber charcoal grill as a topload.  The
covers handle, if I remember correctly, would fit inside a 4" PVC drain
pipe.  It would probably shoot streamers off the damper vents.  Large salad
bowls will work as well, but spit streamers at the lips.  The Wok covers
might look cool in an electric waterfall setup.(I'll send a pic off-list)

David Weiss

 > Original poster: "ho \[shu\] huang" <shuhuang-at-singnet-dot-com.sg>
 >
 > >Actually, the Wok covers make a pretty neat-looking
 > >terminal. People use all kinds of crazy stuff for top
 > >loads. Why not Wok covers? The important thing is that
 > >it woks well, um, I mean works well.
 >
 > haha funny!
 >
 > well yeah I personally prefer the 2 wok covers over a toroid, but there's
 > no harm building a traditional toroid and seeing how that goes. Someone
 > also told me that the ridge arnd the middle of the toroid (where the wok
 > covers at joined) may pose a problem. He used some technical term but the
 > gist of what he was syaing was I was leaking electricity.
 >
 > The wok covers were US$1.50 each BTW....much cheaper than the length of
 > 1.5" flexi hose (the sort that's connected to the waste water outlet in
 > washing machines) I bought. (yeah i tried to wrap stuff around it to get
it
 > up to 3" - didn't work. THat toroid is embarrassing to look at!)
 >
 > Shu