Re: Safety Gap Puzzle

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

No, now that you mention it, it isn't especially
bright--certainly not as intense as the main gap.  I
don't know why it looks so bright to the video camera.

Greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>
> 
> Greg,
> 
> When your safety gap fires, it is about as loud and
> bright as your main
> gap? It certainly looks bright in your picture...
> 
> -- Bert --
> 
> Tesla list wrote:
> > 
> > Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry
> Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> > 
> > Dear List,
> > 
> > I appreciate all the feedback to my question. All
> of
> > the theories you've offed have merit. I need to
> add
> > one detail however. My NST bank is protected with
> an
> > RC network. I'm using a 1200 Ohm wire wound on
> each
> > bushing in series, and a 1000pF disk cap from each
> > bushing to ground. The filter stands between the
> tank
> > circuit and the safety gaps. Whatever the firing
> of
> > the safety gaps is doing, it's doing it through
> the RC
> > filter.
> > 
> > Feedbacks from the list suggested another theory
> to
> > me. What if the firing of the safety gaps is
> simply
> > sucking all the energy out of the tank circuit,
> > thereby causing sharper quenching?  With the tank
> > circuit oscillation suddenly muted by virtue of
> being
> > shorted to ground, the secondary would for an
> instant
> > be a truly "free" resonator, no longer encumbered
> by
> > the load imposed on it by the primary circuit.
> > 
> > Just an idea,
> > 
> > I need an o'scope!
> > 
> > Greg
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
> > 
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> -- 
> Bert Hickman
> Stoneridge Engineering
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> 
> 
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