Re: SRSG gap distance?

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

My rotaries all have rounded ends so they just bounce off each 
other...  Hehehehe...  Guess how I "learned" that ;-))

Cheers,

         Terry


At 07:31 PM 1/16/2004, you wrote:
> > And if this is all true how do you determine how close the gap should be
>on
> > a SRSG?
> > Is there a formula for this?  Or is it just set really small and the
> > distance doesn't really mater?
>
>The gaps on an SRSG should be close enough so that there is no chance of
>them hitting.  Tungsten hitting tungsten at very high RPMs is VERY BAD!
>You can even move the gaps relatively far from one another (say 10-30 mils),
>however you just won't get reliable operation at lower voltages since the
>voltage
>may not be high enough to conduct across the gap.
>
>Dan
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