Re: Terry Gap vs. TCBOR...

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Original poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 

"Ed,

I already covered this in one post, but in the fear
that it might start one of those tangents which cause
a thread to lose relevance to its original subject...I
have to say that in 5 years of running many different
types of static gaps with coils using a 12/60 or
smaller powersupply, I can assure you that airflow or
lack thereof will not effect this test.  It was
definately something worth pointing out, but in this
case it won't matter.

I've seen powerarcing occur in several gaps when no
airflow is present, and in no case (in my system) did
it ever occur instantly.  There was always a marked
decline in output which coincided with heating in the
gap.  I plan on taking the scope readings well before
powerarcing due to gap heating begins to take place.

Thanks,
-Brett"

	My real interest was whether epoxy cement could stand the temperature.
In the gaps I've made I mounted the pipes on either ceramic insulators
or transite sheet, which could stand pretty high temperatures but the
idea of gluing them in place (or using PVC pipe as in some of the blown
types) is quite appealing.  Others have reported good success but I've
always been too chicken to waste the time.


Ed