Re: RSG question

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Subject: Re: RSG question
From: "Adam Parker" <park_e_r-at-hiwaay-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 11:41:10 -0700
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Subject: Re: RSG question


> Original Poster: Mark Finnis <mefinnis-at-medicine.adelaide.edu.au>
>
> At 10:02  21/12/1999 -0700, Phil Heslin wrote:
>
> >2) I am planning to build an RQ style spark gap for coil but I am sure
> >that later I will want to try building a rotary. My question is has
> >anyone ever attempted to build an RSG in which instead of having
> >electrodes mounted on the spinning disk there are simply holes or slots
> >in a disk spinning between two stationiary electrodes?

You could try using a metal disk with holes cut in it between two stationary
contacts. It would work the other way though, hole= no firing and metal=
firing. Might be a bit tricky to adjust though.

Adam