Re: ASRG

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Original poster: "Black Moon by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <black_moons-at-hotmail-dot-com>


But what about like REALLY round electrodes, like a rotary spark gap with 
1" inch round electrodes





>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: ASRG
>Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 17:38:12 -0700
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>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>
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>In a message dated 12/6/02 6:22:04 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
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>>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
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>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