Re: Rotary Gap Electrodes - A first-hand experience

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Rotary Gap Electrodes - A first-hand experience
• From: open_minded <bturner-at-apc-dot-net>
• Date: Thu, 21 Nov 1996 02:13:58 -0800

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From 100624.504-at-CompuServe.COMWed Nov 20 22:13:57 1996
> Date: 20 Nov 96 13:12:15 EST
> From: Alan Sharp <100624.504-at-CompuServe.COM>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: Rotary Gap Electrodes - A first-hand experience
> 
> >As a side note, I tried an idea which works quite well, and looks spectacular:
> >make a ring out of 1/4 to 3/8" copper tubing such that it sits about 1/4 the
> way
> >over the toroid. The sparks will break out all around the tubing and congeal
> into
> >only a few heavy streamers that move all around the toroid. The lower breakout
> >potential lowers the spark length a bit, but it sure looks fantastic.
> 
> Brent - could you describe the layout a bit more - is this a ring lying on top
> of the
> toriod or an earthed ring above it?
> 
> Alan Sharp


Alan -

  The ring actually sits on the toroid, kinda towards the middle
laterally. Obviously, if you make the ring too large, it won't stay
on...I hope to take pictures once I: (1) get the high-velocity blower
up and going -- found a nifty 28-volt DC blower that originally provided
ventilation for the Apollo mission astronaut suits!!!, and (2) whenever
the rain goes away outside.

- brent

• Prev: Re: New System, was "Real Data--
• Next: RE: Sparks to ground
• Index(es):
  • Main
  • Thread