Re: Pictures of static spark gap with carriage bolts?

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


At low power your carriage bolts will work just fine.  You may have to
replace them more often but they will work and they're cheap.

Dr. Resonance

 >
 > Because my TC is so simple (360w) I am using a simple spark gap using two
 > 5/16" carriage bolts mounted on right angle brackets. The initial gap is
 > right now set to about 1/4" but of course I will probably have to adjust
it
 > the first time.
 >
 > I was wondering what other's carriage bolt spark gaps look like (so I can
 > compare with mine)? I have seen a ton of pipe gaps, multi-gaps, etc but
 > really no good pictures of a simple gap using carriage bolts. Any out
 > there? BTW, I have taken picture of my TC during the construction phase
and
 > will post pictures as well as video to my web site (www.joecool-dot-org) as
 > soon as I get it working.
 >
 > JC