Re: Crazy idea for a spark gap

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Crazy idea for a spark gap
From: Steve Rodway <Legion-at-bigfoot-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 17:15:09 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

    It might work for a few seconds if the water was VERY pure, but as soon as
you started using it, then the metal of the electrodes would react with the
water, making the water far too conductive to work.

Tesla List wrote:

> > Original Poster: Doug Brunner <dabrunner-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> >
> > I just had a fairly certifiable idea for a spark gap, and I'd like to
> > get some reactions on it. What if I were to cap a 2' segment of 2" PVC
> > pipe at one end, put in two electrodes (probably .25" hex bolts) about
> > .25" apart at the ends, coming from opposing sides of the pipe just
> > about the cap, seal the electrodes' entry points, fill it with distilled
> > water up to the top, and fire it on my coil (3 kVA)? Would it work
> >



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