Re: MOT power supply

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

In a message dated 1/2/01 7:15:20 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> After running for
>  30 secs the gap was very hot (i disconnected
>  everything before checking this) and the smaller of
>  the seperations seemed to have been welded shut!
>  The gap is a multiple statice air gap. 

Chris,

Did you have air flow over the gap?  Some sort of fan or
blower?  You'll need a lot of air to keep it cool, so the
sparks don't shrink as it warms.  You may need to space
the gaps closer when you add a lot of air flow.

John