Re: Better Electrode Material

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Better Electrode Material
From: ajones-at-pointlink-dot-net (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 19:15:17 -0600
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In <4.1.20000524171901.009fb100-at-pop.dnvr.uswest-dot-net>, on 05/24/00 
   at 05:19 PM, Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> said:

>Original Poster: "David Huffman" <huffman-at-fnal.gov> 

>Hello All,
>Just a thought here. Has anyone ever tested the effect of various
>metals in a spark gap? I remember hearing zinc is bad for several
 
I tried tungsten rods, didn't work good. May have been other reasons,
though. Also tried steel plates at one time, worked well. Once used a
carriage bolt and a piece of aluminum strap, worked just fine. Used
copper pipes in several different static gaps, but don't like static
gaps to begin with. Now using 1/2" diameter copper bars for stationary
electrodes with steel acorn nuts as flying electrodes. I'll stick with
these for awhile. Oh yeah, I once used coke cans with a small neon
transformer. That worked well for the power level which wasn't very
much. Never tried zinc or brass, but I do have some 3/4" brass rod I
was thinking of using as stationary electrodes. May try it soon and
see.

Later,
Alan
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