Re: Just about

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Original poster: Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 4/28/04 10:11:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
Original poster: Nir Weingarten <nirzvi-at-yahoo-dot-com>

Cheers everyone and happy Yom ha'etzmaut (If you
celebrated it).

7 Iyyar 5764 (28-Apr-2004)
  Und gut Yontif to you too, Nir!
  A spark gap with only wire terminals may tend to arc before the voltage 
gets very high and will heat up rapidly causing erratic operation. Ozone 
building up in the jar will also create problems.  A couple of brass bolts 
with rounded heads facing each other as a gap would allow the charge to 
build higher before arcing and would dissipate the heat better. So as not 
to appear a K'nacher, I'll let others address the remaining questions.

  Zol zein mit glick,

Matt D.
(forgive the terrible spelling)