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Re: 60 Gaps at 4 mil Data (fwd)
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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 18:39:27 +0100
From: bob golding <yubba-at-clara-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: 60 Gaps at 4 mil Data (fwd)
At 22:28 10/07/98 -0600, you wrote:
><snip>
>It has 60, 2 inch long, 1/2 inch copper pipe sections epoxied to an oak base
>in two rows. I used 4.0 mil paper strips to space the sections while the
>epoxy cured. I simply placed a section of pipe across the two rows to
>adjust the voltage.
>
>I also measured the firing voltages as follows:
>
>Note that I live 5500 feet above sea level so the voltage will vary somewhat
>for most.
>
>Gaps Peak Volts Volts/mil
>2 1810 226
>4 3648 228
>6 5091 212
>8 6137 192
>10 6449 161
>12 7354* 153
>14 8994 161
>16 9871 154
hi terry
I really like your gap design. I was going to modify my rq type gap to
improve the quenching, but i will try your idea first to get some
comparison. What is the rating of your power supply?. This gap looks so
much better for adjusting the voltage. thanks for all your invaluable
experiments and scope pictures they are really useful to throw at the
techys who dismiss anything more than three weeks old as old fashioned and
no longer relevant.
You say you live at 5500 feet. I gather this is in the mountains. Is the
air always dry? I live at sea level in the UK and at the moment it is
raining, as it has most of this summer. I wonder what difference this makes
to spark length.
bob golding lightning without rain
bob yubba-at-clara-dot-net