Re: RQ Spark Gap Design Question

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Ted, Patrick, All,

In light of this post I thought I'd throw up 3 photo's of a RQ/TGAP in
progress.

http://www.classictesla-dot-com/tgap/RQTGAP.html

Take care,
Bart
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Barton B. Anderson
http://www.classictesla-dot-com
Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Ted Rosenberg by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com>
>
> Patrick:
> Have you considered the Metlicka Triggered Gap?
> With that design, you don't have to align umpteen tubes of copper.
> And with a 15/30, your fan can probably be low power or, with chunky
> electrode holders and maybe a heat sink fin, no fan at all.
>
> OK, so I'm really Marc's public relations agent.
>
> Safety First
>
> Ted
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 4:56 PM
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> Subject: RQ Spark Gap Design Question
>
> Original poster: "Patrick Bloofon by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <transactoid-at-home-dot-com>
>
> I'm going to be powering my coil with a 15kv/30ma NST, initially, but I want
> to upgrade that in the future as I have several.
>
> So, how should I design my RQ-style spark gap? How many copper pieces should
> I use, and what spacing would be best? Will any of the TC programs calculate
> this?
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick.