new idea for a spark gap

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Original poster: sean <sean-at-nc.rr-dot-com> 

I have built the terry gap which is about 12 small gaps.  It works ok,
but it seems like a lot of energy is wasted here.

Would it be instead more efficiant to have 1 small gap in an enclosed
chamber under high pressure?  My thinking is that the higher pressure
would cause the breakdown voltage to be higher allowing the gap to be
smaller and have less loss.  Since it is enclosed, the oxygen would be
quickly consumed leaving mostly nitrogen which has a better breakdown
voltage as well.

Is it even worth building?
any comments greatly appreciated
-- 
sean <sean-at-nc.rr-dot-com>