Re: More rotary gap questions...

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Subject: Re: More rotary gap questions...
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 10:58:02 -0500
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Subject: 
           Re: More rotary gap questions...
      Date: 
           Mon, 14 Apr 1997 02:18:03 -0500
      From: 
           Chuck Curran <ccurran-at-execpc-dot-com>
        To: 
           Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Subject:
>         More rotary gap questions...
>   Date:
>         Sun, 13 Apr 1997 17:41:04 -0400
>   From:
>         "Daryl P. Dacko" <mycrump-at-cris-dot-com>
>     To:
>         Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> 
SNIP
> 
> I'm thinking about useing the 'brass screw/acorn nut' method, since it
> seems so easy to make/repair/balance...
> 
> Does anything in the collective wisdom suggest a better solution ?
> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Daryl

Daryl:

        I am using the stainless acorn nut method with twelve of these
mounted
on a G-10 disc, in series with a static gap.  Last summer I ran in the 6
Kw range and the 3/8-16 stainless nuts became slightly discolored, but
show little if any erosion at this time.  I feel that the 7 stationary
gaps that I had in series did quite a bit to help distribute the heat
from the power lost in the gap system so that the rotary could survive. 
I don't expect a big problem this year, but I will be running a bit more
power and I'll let you know what happens--tuning for maximum smoke is
not always the best!

Chuck Curran