Re: Static Gap Spacing

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

Hi Erik,

You may want to check out the following for ideas:

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/terrygap.jpg

Glueing the pipe sections down with fast drying epoxy and spacing them with
some consistant spacer may be far easier that screws.  Be such it will stick to
your plastic base first.

I will leave gap width sugestions to others that do not live at high
altitude...  But "I" would space each with playing cards that add to about the
thickness of a dime.  But trust others on this more than me...

Cheers,

        Terry


At 04:01 PM 12/3/2001 -0800, you wrote: 
>
> Hi,
> I'm making a static gap out of 12 3" peices of 1" copper pipe all screwd into
> lexon/lucite in a row and I'm wondering if there is a way to know how big to
> make the total gap width (i'm using a 15kv/30ma transformer) also how do I
> know how big to set my safety gap? This is my first coil so a good
> explanaition or reference to one would be a great help
> Thank You
> Erik Kettenburg