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Re: Bad Day -at- Coil Corral....
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To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
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Subject: Re: Bad Day -at- Coil Corral....
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From: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com (jim fosse)
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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 96 00:51 PST
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Glen said,
> I'm sure that my gaps are the problem at this point. Getting
>over 2' of occasional breakout tonight with the welding cable in the
>tank circuit. This is still with the current at minimum setting. I
>only have 15 amp fuses in my control disco box so max gross draw is
>less than that. That tip for the moveable secondary tap does pay off.
>Rumaged through one of my junk boxes and came up with a heavier spring
>to boot. The rotary is not going to happen real soon. I have to live
>with the static gaps for a while yet. On a more personal note, I'm
>having a ball playing with this thing.....
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>Glenn
Ed said,
>> I think your gaps are not quenching.
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>>Ed Sonderman
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Glen, I just build RQ's cylindrical gap set last night. With only 7.5KV -at-
60ma. 450watts I'm getting 18" to 24" air discharges. Tonight I connected a
90cfm blower to the gap to make it quench quicker. I didn't get any larger
sparks, but my relative rf power meter went up from 1.4 to 1.7 and the
sparks to a grounded ball are much more agressive.
Untill you can build a rotary gap, try an air blast gap.
jim