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Re: ASRG

Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 12/6/02 6:22:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:



>Hmm, electrode size, What about making round ball electrodes? Don't those
>have a higher standoff, therefor less loss? all the rotor gaps iv seen use
>pointedish electrodes


electrodes should never be pointy for a Tesla coil spark gap.
Most folks use electrodes with flat ends, but I round the ends
a little sometimes, which has certain advantages as you say.

John