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Re: Spark gap



Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi David,

Only the "working" edge would really need to be made of ceramic.  I suppose one
could try to water cool the edge...  But that is getting pretty difficult when
you could just make a standard rotary or trigger gap.

Cheers,

        Terry


At 06:49 PM 9/2/2002 -0400, you wrote: 


>
> I wonder if a ceramic disc could withstand the centrifugal forces
> associated with employment in an RSG/ARSG without under-
> going catastrophic seperation, as pottery ceramics are inherent-
> ly brittle?
>
> David Rieben