Re: Static Gap Spacing

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Original poster: "Erik Kettenburg by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <missyrat-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Terry,
I was wondering how do I know where to put the long pipe to start? I mean
with a 15kv/30ma how do I know what is too much voltage and what happens if
I put the long pipe to far back? Also I'm wondering what type of transformer
you're using with this gap, will I need 60 sections for running it with my
transformer(15/30)?
Also I'm curious as to how you grounded the long safety pipe, is it gorunded
to the same grounding rod as the primary or to a seperate one or what?
Thanx
-Erik
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Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: Static Gap Spacing


> 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
>
>
>
>