RE: RQ gap observation

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: RE: RQ gap observation
From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1999 17:27:53 -0600
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Your experience is different than mine.  But with my RQ/TCBOR gap, one end
of the PVC pipe was closed and I had a pair of holes in the pipe between
each pair of pipes, forcing the airflow through the arc-channels, rather
than just through the pipes.  See
http://people.ne.mediaone-dot-net/lau/tesla/RQGap.htm
<http://people.ne.mediaone-dot-net/lau/tesla/RQGap.htm> 

Regards, Gary Lau
Waltham, MA USA


>Original Poster: Ross <ross-o-at-mindspring-dot-com> 
>
>One of the new features is the ability to turn the auxiliary stuff (fan on
RQ
>gap) off while still applying power to the NSTs.  Not exactly the latest
>in technology, but it led to an interesting observation last night.  I
>turned the fan off in the middle of a high powered run expecting
>performance to diminish, but to my surprise there was no change?!?  It
>possibly even run better.  I tried it several times with identical
>results (several 40" arcs  and tens of smaller arcs off of a small
>toroid).
>
>My gap is 8 sections of 1" copper pipe spaced at .030" around the I.D.
>of some 6" SDR.  The gap is currently tapped at .180" total.  You can
>see a pic at
>http://www.geocities-dot-com/CapeCanaveral/Cockpit/3377/tesla/gap.html
>
>Has anyone seen anything like this?  I have always heard that RQ type
>gaps need airflow to work well?