Re: new idea for a spark gap

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

I know how to produce hydrogen under pressure,  The thing is, it seems
dangerous to me since I know from experience it's explosive. If there
was oxygen in there as well as hydrogen, it would explode.

What if instead I make this pressure chamber (using inert nitrogen to
quench) and pump ice-water through hollow electrodes to cool it?
Then pump the chamber up to say 100 psi, and test it out?  Anyone think
it would make a difference?
thanks

On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 18:55, Tesla list wrote:
 > Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > Your conclusions are basically correct.. Typically, the chamber is filled
 > with alcohol vapor, which dissociates, leaving hydrogen after the oxygen is
 > consumed in oxidizing the copper.  Hydrogen is very good at quenching.
 >
 > Mostly, though, it's the hassle of high pressures, and getting the heat out
 > of the gap electrodes.  In free air, a few tens of watts can be dissipated
 > just in ordinary air currents without noticing it. Put it inside a box,
 > though, and the heat has a hard time getting out, and hot electrodes don't
 > work too well.
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 1:51 PM
 > Subject: new idea for a spark gap
 >
 >
 >  > 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>
 >  >
 >  >
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sean <sean-at-nc.rr-dot-com>