Re: Vacuum Gap

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

Hmm, to me that seems counter productive since lower pressures conduct 
better. Wouldn't this just allow the spark to last longer? I think increasing 
the pressure would be more useful. 

Mark 

In a message dated 8/17/01 11:46:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes: 


>
> Is there any significant improvement is performance in placing the the 
> spark gap in a vacuum? 
> I have a vacuum pump, and I was thinking of putting the SRSG in an airtight 
> enclosure and sucking out the air. It would be easy enough to do, but I'm 
> wondering if it would serve any practical purpose besides giving me the 
> chance to put the unused pump to work... 
>
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