Re: triggered gap

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Original poster: "Metlicka Marc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>

alex,
sorry, my site is at
:http://www.fortunecity-dot-com/meltingpot/syria/1210/index.htm
the triggered gap uses a 600 watt light dimmer unit, bought from home
depot, and a ford motor company ignition coil. the lead from the dimmer
to the plus side of the coil is run through a 12 micro farad lamp
ballast capacitor (or a motor run capacitor, or i guess you could make
an mmc for 8 to 10 uf?) the hv output is run to an electrode placed in
between the two main electrodes for the tc.
this triggered electrode fires in sync. with the line voltages waveform
much like the way a sync. rotary does, but with much less cost, work and
current drain.
i use tungsten carbide for my electrodes, but tungsten welding rod
should work well for 120ma or more.
i have more to add to my site asap, just follow the site map to
"triggered", blown triggered" and "theory" (for some reason the pages
need to be reloaded once in a while?)
hope this helps,
marc m.

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Alex Madsen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<alexmadsen-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> Excuse my ignorance but what is a triggered gap? a URL to an explanatory web
> site would be fine.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2001 3:11 PM
> Subject: Re: TC Final Plans
> 
> > Original poster: "Metlicka Marc by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>
> >
> > cj,
> > you might strongly consider using a triggered gap for your new coil.
> > it has very little parts, is very easy to build and it works better then
> > any other gap yet conceived.
> > the phase relationship can be adjusted to match any coils "sweet spot"
> > and as i have been trying to show, if a vacuum or blower is used it will
> > first notch quench every coil giving the ultimate in performance out of
> > any design. once you try one, you will see why i say that rotaries are
> > not only a waste of time, money and unsafe, but they are obsolete.
> > just a suggestion but i strongly recommend it.
> > marc m.
> >
> >
> 
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