Anti parallel spark gap, something new?

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• Subject: Anti parallel spark gap, something new?
• From: rdgraaf-at-ocenl.nl (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2000 11:57:27 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Hello coilers,

I'm new in town, so let's introduce. I am male (are there female 
coilers out there?), a dutchman with wife, two childern, a labrador 
and the rest. I have studied for electrical engineer and I'am working 
now
as a Software Engineer (life can go strange). 

When I was 11, I had my first HV experience with a self made 
rhummkorff induction coil and now I have plans to build my third 
Tesla coil.

I had a very interesting and alternative idea to blow out the spark in 
a
Tesla coil with a single spark gap. When two conductors are 
mounted
parallel and there is a changing flow of electrons in opposit direction
through them, they will repel themself, right? Well, this will also 
happen
with plasma flows! (I think) One can mount the two HV wires side 
by side
with an insulator (lexan) in between and on the opposit side one 
can mount
an isolated piece of metal that makes the double gap complete.  
So,
something like this:
  ___
_o | o_


Do any of you have tried something like this? I can imagine I still 
have to cool things down with forced air, but still I'am intriged by this
idea.

I hope you c^4 (cool crazy combined coilers) will find this as much 
interesting as I'am.

Ruud de Graaf
Greetings from lovely and wet Holland

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