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Re: Fine Tuning a Spark Gap
Reinhard,
Could you elaborate more how you constructed the aluminum standoffs in between
each copper pipe? I was discussing with someone today an idea of using
aluminum
components in a sparkgap. Not to conduct energy, but to utilize aluminum's RF
suppression characteristic to enhance quenching. I have not thought this out
completely as it was only a thought passing through the antimatter in my mind.
Your post is timely and I wonder if the natural RF suppression of your
stand-offs
are aiding your quenching capabilities.
Bart
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: RWB355-at-aol-dot-com
>
> Hi Gary, All
>
> I, too, have tried something very similar. The only difference was that I
used
> a small six sided aluminum stand-off in between each copper pipe.
>
> I tried various gap spacings and different gap spacings within the total gap
> (just like you did). Everytime I used the Al stand-offs, I got a better
spark
> output on my 3.34" Test-TC.
>
> The aluminum cruds up pretty fast, but it didnīt make a difference in the
> total spark length. Iīm not quite sure why the spark length increases so
> dramaticly using the AL stand-offs.
>
> I want to knurl some copper pipe to see if it is perhaps due to the edges of
> the six sided stand-offs, although the sparks seem to jump from one flat
side
> to the other and not from the edges.
>
> After that I will try aluminum tubing alone to see if it is due to the
> aluminum. If I run my TC on the Al stand-offs alone, I still get a longer
> output spark than I did using a pure copper gap (same individual/total
> spacing)
>
> I also donīt quite understand why a multiwidth (i.e. different single widths
> within the total gap) makes a difference, compared to a gap with the same
> total width (but having equal spacing between the gaps), but it does!!
>
> Itīs good to see people are trying similar things out there. This helps me
> from starting to think Iīve gone mad somehow..........or have I ?
>
> Coiler greets from germany,
> Reinhard