Re: Rotary Gap Electrodes - A first-hand experience

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• Subject: Re: Rotary Gap Electrodes - A first-hand experience
• From: Alan Sharp <100624.504-at-CompuServe.COM>
• Date: 20 Nov 96 13:12:15 EST

>As a side note, I tried an idea which works quite well, and looks spectacular:
>make a ring out of 1/4 to 3/8" copper tubing such that it sits about 1/4 the
way
>over the toroid. The sparks will break out all around the tubing and congeal
into
>only a few heavy streamers that move all around the toroid. The lower breakout
>potential lowers the spark length a bit, but it sure looks fantastic.

Brent - could you describe the layout a bit more - is this a ring lying on top
of the
toriod or an earthed ring above it?

Alan Sharp

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