Re: General Questions

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>

Hi,

Low pressures would tend to arc much more easily while higher pressures would
tend to increase the voltage standoff.  A gas like SF6 would also increase the
voltage standoff but it is not a common gas for the average guy to get hold
of.  Probably best just to make the coil long enough so that arcing is not a
problem or use the tried and true method of adding plastic disks inside the
coil form if really needed.

Cheers,

        Terry


At 05:34 PM 4/8/2001 -0400, you wrote: 
>
> This persons question are making me think. What would the result be if the 
> secondary was evacuated or pressurized? I'm assuming that evacuation would 
> cause much more internal sparking, but would pressurizing it effect 
> performance or just reduce internal sparking?