Circular Marx generator with rotary gap?

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Original poster: "Ramon van der Hilst by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <enqrypzion-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Hey all,

i haven't posted in a while to the list. I have been busy on HV subjects 
though and I'm also developing (in my head ;), though I have made a working 
Tesla Coil, I'll post pictures sometime) some ideas concerning tesla coils 
and marx generators. There's one I would already like to share with you, as 
you all probably are way more able to test it than I am (student ;) ). This 
is the following:

How about making a marx generator, with all the stages in the same 
electrical configuration, but with all the stages bent towards eachother in 
a circle. In such a way, that all the spark gaps are located INside the 
circle.
Apart from the obvious fact that this will make the generator way more 
compact, it will also allow for a rotary spark gap, for all the stages at 
the same time! This could be done by adding a disc with an electrode for 
every stage, that will trigger all gaps at once, by turning the disk only 
360 / 2 / (number of stages) degrees. (360 / 2 because the electrodes start 
in between two spark gaps..) I think this will make discharge times 
significantly shorter provided that the placing of the electrodes on the 
disc is precise (or one or more gaps won't fire...). Above that it will 
also give full control over the discharging of all caps/gaps.

I look forward to hear what you think of this proposed design and maybe 
even see a (working! ;) ) version some day! If you would like me to make a 
schematic or sketch to clarify the design, please ask.

Ramon van der Hilst
Coiling in Holland