RE: Results of new single static gap

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• Subject: RE: Results of new single static gap
• From: "Thornton, Russ #CSR2000" <ThorntoR-at-rc.pafb.af.mil> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1998 07:30:43 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>
> 
> Hi Richard and Russ,
> 
> 	I just did a test tonight that measured firing voltage vs. gap
> distance
> for my new argon gap.  The results were as follows:
> 
> Gap Width	Voltage
> 4 (mil)	530
> 8		700
> 12		800
> 16		980
> 20		1130
> 24		1210
> 28		1360
> 
> If you plot this out, the graph is very linear given the tolerances
> involved.  Far from chaos, close to linear :-))
> 
> The details of this test are outlined in another post today.
> 
> 	Terry Fritz 
> 
This is what I would expect.  Do you have a way to measure on a scope 
the relative spark time to the 60 Hz sine wave? I would intuitively expect
that as you increase the gap the spark time would climb up the first half
cycle.

> Russ Thornton
> CSR 2040, 
> Building 989, Rm.  A1-N20
> Phone: (407) 494-6430 
> Email: thorntor-at-rc.pafb.af.mil
> 
> 

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