Re: Spark Gap Gasses Experiment

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• Subject: Re: Spark Gap Gasses Experiment
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 17:30:36 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

In a message dated 98-08-31 14:14:27 EDT, you write:

<< 
> Interesting.  I wonder if perhaps the purpose of the airflow is to cool 
> the metallic faces to keep hot "cathode spots" from forming.  Once a hot 
> spot would form, the breakdown voltage would be greatly reduced (just my 
 >guess) since the hot spot would then be maintained via metallic arc 
>(since all the energy would continue to flow through that location).  
> This operation is opposed to the conventional wisdom that the air blast 
> interrupts the damped waveform (which, according to Terry's 
> measurements, is not the case)...
  >>

Bill, Terry, all,

It is also interesting that static gaps often stop firing for awhile (when
the total gap spacing is wide) and
then start up again, by themselves.  I would think that if they are firing
at a reduced voltage as they heat, then they would not tend to stop 
firing once they start, yet they do.  Another mystery.

John Freau

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