Re: Triggered gap-LOUD

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


 I saw in
> Edmund scientific catalog I think 2 or 3 years ago a special
> rubber that convert sound wave energy in heat.

Couldn't something like this be used to see how much energy is being
dissipated in the gap?
Marc


> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Luc Benard
> 
> snip
> >
> > Foam rubber packing with rough a surface like an egg carton is about the
> > best sound absorber you can get. I used it to line my basement gun room
so I
> > could shoot 30-06 and 12 ga in my house in the winter with out bothering my
> > family with noise. It worked very well. I'm quite shure if it  will stop 06
> > noise it will supress a spark gap pop.
> >      Robert H