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Re: Spark gap question - lurk apology (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 07:51:15 -0800 (PST)
From: baumann-at-proton.llumc.edu
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Spark gap question - lurk apology
On 11 Jan, Tesla List wrote:
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> From: Bert Pool[SMTP:bertpool-at-ticnet-dot-com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 1998 7:40 PM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: Spark gap question - lurk apology
>
> Stainless steel has very poor heat conductivity, and the one person I
> know who has tried s.s. said his gap fouled quickly. Brass also tens to
> foul. Copper works better than anything else I've tried. I recommend
> at least 2 inch diameter pipe, 2.5 inch is superb.
> Bert Pool
>
But for those of us that have a *explitive* of a time finding something
larger than 1" (mostly because I work on a shoestring budget), be
assured that it works just fine. I am pumping 720W
through a RQ style gap made with 1" pipe. You may want to consider
increasing the length of the segments to assist in quenching.
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