victoreen spark gaps

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Subject: victoreen spark gaps
From: bob golding <yubba-at-clara-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 15:38:55 -0600
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hi terry, all

	I have just been trying out the victoreen gaps on my coil.  I am using 7
of them in series with a 9 kv 60mA neon and getting breakout all over my
toriod with a 24" arc to a grounded rod. I was wondering what the
relationship of the series resistance/ capacitance to breakdown voltage is,
they are rated to breakdown at 2700 volts, but this is presumably going to
drop with more of them in series. I measured one of them for capacitance
with my bridge at about 10 pF. Am I really getting a breakdown voltage of
18900 volts across 7 of them or am I missing something here? What does the
curve look like and when should I stop adding more gaps.  

cheers 
bob golding