Re: BEGINNER PLANS FOR SCIENCE PROJECT PLEASE HELP

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 

Depending on the size of your gaps, you may be unpleasantly surprised to
find the glue breaking down under the heat from the
spark gap operation.  Those spark gaps get pretty dern hot!

Dan


 > For my spark gap (the Richad Quick type) I just glued the copper pipes in
 > place (I used 7 pipes) spaced them with a penny ( 1 mm) dont mess with all
 > the hole drilling and bolting the pipes in place...just some 2 part epoxy
 > works great..fast and strong. I use my wife's hair dryer to quench the
 > spark and cool it off.