RE: Spark gap data you sent

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Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Don't count on air to move the ions..I doubt you could move the air fast 
enough to make it work..

Put the trigger electrode in the main gap. Auto ignition coil would make a 
fine (cheap and robust) pulse transformer, and there's a ton of circuitry 
around to drive them (i.e. any old electronic ignition will do, and is 
fired off a low voltage signal, to boot).. There's more than just the coil 
that's useful out of a GM HEI...


At 08:34 AM 10/3/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au>
>Speaking of spark gap data...
>
>I was looking through the archives last night and saw a lot of discussion
>about triggered spark gaps from around 2001, but nothing since.
>
>Has any work been done on this lately?
>
>This is a very rough sketch of something I was thinking of building:
>
>http://www.users.bigpond-dot-net.au/broken.trout/tsg.jpg
>
>
> > Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi D.C.,
> >
> > You sent me some spark gap data.  I posted it at:
> >
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/DCgap-00.jpg
> >
> > http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/DCgap-01.jpg
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> >       Terry
> >
> >