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RE: Rotary Spark Gap Design

Original poster: "Arpit Thomas" <arpit@xxxxxxxx>

a wooden disk will explode from the centrifugal 'force'

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On 24/11/2004 at 10:06 PM Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Stephen Mathieson" <sm@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Stepping up the voltage means that you will be switching less current for
>the same amount of power. I don't see 440VAC to be practical.
>
>If you use a wooden disk it will probably catch fire.
>
>Stephen A. Mathieson
>
>-----Original Message-----
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>Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:32 PM
>To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Rotary Spark Gap Design
>
>Original poster: "Rajesh Seenivasan" <rajeshkvs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>Dear forum members,
>
>I'm planning to build a rotary spark gap:
>8 spinning electrodes mounted on a wooden disc,
>2 stationary electrodes,
>brass bolts used as electrodes.
>
>I have seen in some Tesla coil designs that the AC input voltage is stepped
>up to few kilo volts
>(using NSTs/PolePigs), rectified and then fed to the tesla coil circuit
>that is using the spark gap.
>Can I run the tesla coil without stepping up the AC input voltage ? I'm
>planning to use
>440VAC input, rectify it and then feed this DC voltage to the tesla coil
>circuit which uses a
>rotary spark gap. Any advice ?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Rajesh.