Re: RQ gap spacing theory question

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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 Ted - 

I assume you were using copper tubing as electrodes? Yes, good point. Copper
tubing can build up black areas of carbon. This is probably not a good idea for
multigaps using copper tubing as electrodes. I once built a rotating pipe gap.
It worked, but perormance was poor and about a 1/2" area on each pipe would
develop that thick black carbon. After that gap and a flat multi-pipe gap, I
stopped using piping for electrodes altogether. I just never had good
performance with it. 

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

Tesla list wrote: 
>
> Original poster: "Ted Rosenberg by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com> 
>
> I can tell you for certain that my 1st coil, which used 9 tubes, had 
> variations from gap to gap. Yes, they were close, but not what you'd call 
> micrometer level. And it worked just fine...until after two-three hours, the 
> oxide built up and reduced the 24" spark to 2 inches. 
>
> Safety First. 
>
> Ted 
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Tesla list [<mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 9:01 AM 
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
> Subject: Re: RQ gap spacing theory question 
>
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
> <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com> 
>
> In a message dated 12/4/01 9:30:58 PM Central Standard Time, 
> tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
> writes: 
>
> > Hey Bart,All, 
> >  > Does this mean the space's between the gaps don't have to be equally 
> > spaced? 
> >  > If not , then would it be okay to permanently fix all but the end piece 
>
> of 
> > 
> >  > copper, and make the last one adjustable? 
> >  > Billy 
>
> Doesn't the larger gap run hotter? I suppose the total heat must be the same 
>
> but setting one gap much wider than the others will corode that gap faster 
> than the others. No? 
>
> Cheers, 
> Ralph Zekelman