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Re: Power arcing on a rotary(?)
Tesla List wrote:
>
> > Subject: Power arcing on a rotary(?)
>
> >From hullr-at-whitlock-dot-comMon Nov 11 23:07:41 1996
> Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 17:07:23 -0800
> From: Richard Hull <hullr-at-whitlock-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Power arcing on a rotary(?)
>
> Tesla List wrote:
> >
> > >From chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-comSun Nov 10 22:30:57 1996
> > Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 22:30:43 -0700 (MST)
> > From: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> > To: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> > Subject: Power arcing on a rotary(?)
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Jon Bazemore, a fellow list subscriber, came up to my house today to see
> > my coil. One of the things that I thought I would try with him was to
> > put a static gap in series with my rotary I had the static gap tapped at
> > two 0.030" gaps, as well as the rotary with about 0.060" on each side,
> > giving a total of 0.060" (approximately) for the static gap, and 0.120
> > between the stationary and moving electrodes on the rotary, for a grand
> > total of 0.180" (approximately).
> >
> > Normally, the gap fires with a snappy sound and no elongation of the arc
> > between the moving and stationary electrodes. This time, with the static
> > gap in series, I got a 2" long stretched out arc around the
> > circumference. Not surprisingly the spark output diminished drastically.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > One other thing to note -- the series gap wasn't truly in series with the
> > rotary, it was on the other side of the primary inductor.
> >
> > - RG --at---SG--||--
> > |_________________|
> >
> > (RG: Rotary gap, SG: stationary gap, ||: cap, -at-: primary inductor)
> >
> > Chip
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Chip Atkinson
> > http://bhs.broo.k12.wv.us/homepage/chip/info.htm
> > --- Everyone is someone else's weirdo. ---
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> Chip,
>
> This is a long series string!!!! I assume power from the HV xfrmer
> came in across the cap in this string as shown above. It is the only way
> it will work properly.
>
> If placed across the string, at the ends, the cap could only charge by
> arcing through the gaps! More data please.
>
> Ricard Hull, TCBOR
>
> [ Duh! Now I feel stupid. Yes, I had the thing set up so that the
> transformer has to arc over the gap to charge the cap. I'll reconfigure
> and try it this week -- Chip ]
Chip,
I pull this kind of bone-head stunt all the time! Not to worry! If to
err is human then I am one hell of a human being. You just showed us
your humanity and then yor humility. Good man! Keep on pluggin' and
dinkin' with th' rest of us boneheads.