Re: TSG questions

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Robert, 

Nah, they didn't miss it. They know the trigger ionizes the gap. But, at high
power (of which I consider 5kva and up), electrodes heat up and ions linger
around. Without an extravagant beefy static gap, a lot of things go wrong
(electrode erosion from excessive heat and clearing out ion density which leads
to eratic (early/late) firing, power arcing, and eventually a failure either
mechanically or electrically). That's mainly where the concern is when running
high powered static gaps. 

-- 
Barton B. Anderson 
<http://www.classictesla-dot-com>http://www.classictesla-dot-com 

Tesla list wrote: 
>
> Original poster: "R Heidlebaugh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <rheidlebaugh-at-zialink-dot-com> 
>
> Robert wrote: 
> > 
> I'VE READ YOUR IDEAS AND I DON'T SEE A PROBLEM. I do think you have missed 
> one small detail. Air is very high resistance untill it is ionized then the 
> resistance drops to a few ohms ( a short circuit) That is what makes a 
> triggered gap work. The trigger ionizes the air of the gap, the resistance 
> drops, and the main current fires. That is how the plasma arc works. 32volts 
> across a 2 in gap is started with a trigger then the low voltage follows the 
> ion trail across the gap. ( yes 32volts dc not kv) 
>    Robert  H