RE: spark gap ?

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• Subject: RE: spark gap ?
• From: Gary Lau <lau-at-hdecad.ENET.dec-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1998 06:40:59 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

>Original Poster: "chris.swinson" <chris.swinson-at-zetnet.co.uk> 
>
>Hi all,
>
>My first coil used a single gap which was set to about 5mm.  I later changed
>to a multi gap, all gaps are 1mm appart using copper tubes ( RQ type).  This
>improved my coil no end, It must have gave about 50% increase in output.
>
>What I want to know is, if I half the gaps to say, 1/2mm, and use twice as
>much tubes, will this increase power again ?
>
>
>All the beST,
>Chris.

Could you describe the airflow over your two gaps?  This alone would account
for more than a 2:1 performance change to the same gap, going between no air
flow and enough airflow.  It would seem that small multiple gaps fare better
with reduced airflow than for single gaps.

Gary Lau
Waltham, MA USA

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