Re: Vac. gap. questions

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

Ed,

I haven't tried your in-line design, so I can't speak
to that.  Sounds like a novel idea though.  If you try
it I hope you'll post your results.

However, I have tried the perpendicular arrangement
using 1" Cu pipe with smooth pipe caps as the arc
electrodes. Air blast is directed by a 1" PVC nozzle
right through the arc, and the gap is shrouded so that
the air stream can't sneak around it--most of the air
must pass through. Cooling is not as effective as with
the two-horned sucker arrangement, and the gap, robust
as it is, will be restricted to NST-only duty so that
my pig won't burn it up.

For sucker -vs- perpendicular, sucker is better.

Greg
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Ed by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <edtrind-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> 
> Hi,
> I'm about to construct sort of a Gary Lau style
> Vacuum gap, and have a
> couple of questions.
>  
> Anyone have any thoughts on whether I will be
> sacrificing much if I just
> insert the whole gap into the air flow in-line
> rather than using a "T"
> configuration?
> I was originally thinking of just enclosing the
> electrodes in a piece of
> PVC in such an orientation where one of them is up
> stream (and the other
> down) in relation to the air flow (arc parallel to
> the flow of air), but I
> also could go to a larger diameter pipe and orient
> them so that the air
> flow is perpendicular to the arc.
> I realize that in the first configuration, the flow
> will be pulling the
> ionized air/gasses toward one of the electrodes, but
> am wondering if it
> matters with that much air flow?
>  
> Also I haven't (successfully) thought through much
> on the benefit of
> drilling holes in the electrodes in this particular
> setup that I'm thinking of.
>  
> One other question - I have some
> Oxygen-free-high-conductivity (certified
> grade 99.9% pure) copper laying around....   and was
> wondering if that
> stuff will hold up better/last longer in gap use
> before needing to be
> cleaned than copper water pipe fittings?
>  
> Thanks a lot,
>  
> Ed. T.
> 
> 
> 


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