Re: quiet spark gap ?

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• Subject: Re: quiet spark gap ?
• From: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 17:44:48 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Tesla List wrote:

>  Has anyone designed a "quiet" spark gap; ( perhaps one utilizing
>multiple
>washers, a SG tube, a distributor/rotor combination from an
>automobile, etc.,
>etc.) ? 

Would surge arrestors as those used in telephone circuits be useful
to make a sealed spark gap? I have many of them, rated at a few
hundreds of volts each. They look as a thick glass tubes with some
gas sealed inside, and sturdy metal electrodes. Many in series 
would break at a few thousands of volts.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

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