Re: DC? was: mechanical bridge rectifier

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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 with oil it would get very close

>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: DC? was: mechanical bridge rectifier
>Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 15:31:47 -0700
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>Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
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>In a message dated 11/22/02 2:11:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
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>>Hm, this makes me wonder.. has anyone tryed using brushs that contact in a
>>rotary spark gap? mabey stick the whole thing in oil so the arc dosent form
>>till they nearly touch and to disipate the heat better..
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>The spark will jump before the brushes make contact, so it won't
>help.  It will probably delay the rotary gap quenching and make
>things worse.
>
>John