Re: Spark Gap Question

["Barton B. Anderson" <tesla123-at-xxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

Hi Stan,

Regarding John's comment about the energy leaving the system. I just threw up a
paper (PDF format) at my web site which talks about this condition a little. It
is basically a reitteration from a post Bert Hickman sent to the Tesla List
back in 1998. Here's the direct url if you or anyone else is interested.

 http://www.classictesla-dot-com/tctc.pdf

Take care,
Bart

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com
> <snips>
> There is an old myth that rotaries quench by stretching and
> breaking the spark.  This does not occur, rather the the gap
> quenches after the system runs out of energy from a bang.