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Re: Spark Gap Construction Questions
Twin City Surplus is a surplus/army/junkyard type place, The fan I got
is probably a couple years old. I would recomend TCS to anybody going
near reno/sparks, they have everything.
---Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
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> Original Poster: "J. Grissom" <johngd-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
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> Tesla List wrote:
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> > Original Poster: "Mike 'Viggy'" <Michael.Vigorita-at-colorado.edu>
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> > >I recently went to "Twin City Surplus", in Reno and bought some
stuff
> > >for a spark gap. I got a medium sized AC motor, it has nothing
on it
> > >to tell anthing about it, and a 3.75" AC fan. The fan says 7200
RPM,
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> This sounds a whole lot like a 400hz fan for mil applications. The
fastest a
> 60
> hz induction motor can turn is 3600 RPM. Any faster and it has to
be either a
> universal (NOT), gear drive or higher frequency. There's a LOT of
400 hz stuff
> on
> the market cheap. No application for it. Of course, an enterprising
> teslaholic
> could always build a little 2 phase 400 hz inverter.
>
> John
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