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Re: Low voltage sparkgaps for ignition coil driver...



Tesla List wrote:

> The dielectric strength of air is 20k(!!)V per mm not 20v/mil.

30 kV/cm, or 3 kV/mm, or 76 kV/inch, or 76 V/mil, is a better figure.
But I read somewhere that less voltage than about 240 V (or
something in this range) cannot cause air breakdown, no matter
what is the distance. (Does someone know more about this?) 

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz