RE: Static Gap question.

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

At 04:37 PM 2/13/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Luke" <Bluu-at-cox-dot-net>
>That just brought up another concern.
>I am considering the copper pipe in parallel method with some air
>quenching.
>If air is blown into the gap at one end would the air force the arc to
>stay at the other end.  That would be undesirable.  What is the best
>direction to blow air into a parallel copper pipe gap if from one end is
>not good?
>Luke Galyan
>Bluu-at-cox-dot-net


I blow the air along the axis of the pipes, and the sparks move all along 
the pipes.  I think that the relatively slow flow from a muffin fan is 
negligble compared to the sub-millisecond duration of any given spark.