Re: Air as di-electric

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Air as di-electric
From: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 16:18:41 -0800
Subscriber: bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com Sun Jan 5 21:43:29 1997

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> > > Subject: Air as di-electric
> > Subject: Re: Air as di-electric
> > > Subject: Air as di-electric
> 
> Subscriber: gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net Sat Jan  4 21:54:27 1997
> Date: Sun, 05 Jan 1997 09:00:07 -0800
> From: Gary Weaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Air as di-electric
> 
> Tesla List wrote:
> >I use to use air capacitors all the time and had very good luck with them
> much better than glass plate capacitors.  I was running one 12K 30 ma neon on
> the TC.  I use to space the steel plates 7/8" apart.  I found out that the
> capacitor can be used as the spark gap.  Put the transformer, capacitor and
> the primary all in series with NO spark gap.  Every time the capacitor
> charges it arcs over to the other plate. The capacitor is very loud and also
> very interesting.  The capacitor has what appears to be 100's of arcs all
> over it and it will light up a dark room.  Sounds about like someone shooting
> off a 2000 pack or firecrackers but not quite as loud as real firecrackers.
> 
> Gary Weaver
> 
> 
Gary,

But doesn't the air cap just short itself out without sending the
discharge current through the primary?

-- Bert --