Re: Rotary kinda works

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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 7/5/02 10:44:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:

Jim,

You didn't mention anything about adjusting the phase of
the sync gap.  I may have discussed this with you in the past,
but I don't remember.  In any case, if the sync phase is
adjusted properly, this will make the difference between
longest spark output, and no output at all.  Also, the safety
gap may need to be a little wider for a sync gap than for a
static gap.  

Cheers,
John


>
> Hi all,
> I set up and tried out my crude attempt at a rotary gap today. While
> powering up I got to about 50 or 60% on the variac and…
> ZZZZZZZZZZ (safety gap starts firing away madly). A couple of times when
> I went REAL slowly it would give me a quick BAP out of the toroid but
> then immediately went back to ZZZZZZZZ. The motor is in sync at a true
> 1800rpm and has four electrodes on the rotary.