Re: ASRG

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

In a message dated 12/8/02 1:08:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

Well there's probably no need to have them fully rounded.  Some
folks use acorn nuts of which the ends can be quite round.
Nothing much would be gained by having a full spherical shape all
around, although it would be interesting to try a very large diameter such
as 1".  It would have good corona hold-off as you said, but as the
ball gets larger, the dwell time will tend to increase.  There's only so much
that can be done to improve a rotary gap, and other gaps.  We're
stuck with this old-fashioned technology for now, until Terry or someone
perfects a solid state switching method at a reasonable cost.

John



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