Re: Spark Gap Width

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Original poster: "Daniel Barrett" <dbarrett1-at-austin.rr-dot-com> 

     Yeah, I was using the "short screwdriver attached to long PVC pipe"
technique ;)
db


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Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: Spark Gap Width


 > Original poster: Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com
 >
 > In a message dated 5/26/04 2:19:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
 > tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
 > Original poster: "Daniel Barrett" <dbarrett1-at-austin.rr-dot-com>
 >
 >       Chris, let me throw in that you can approach this the opposite way
also:
 > With the gap directly across the xfmr as Matt describes, start with the
gap
 > open (no arc) and then adjust the gap closer until an arc is struck. Turn
it
 > off, open the gap just a bit more and you're done.
 >       Matt, the issue I was worried about is that you can strike an arc
and
 > pull it out much longer than the initial strike distance, giving a setting
 > that is much too wide...
 > db
 >
 > Hi db, Chris,
 >
 >      You are correct about being able to draw out the arc longer, and any
 > real-time adjustment should be done from out to in. . I overlooked this
 > point since
 > 1) I always bring power up with a variac.
 > 2) I never adjust a gap while it is firing.
 >
 >
 > Matt D.
 >
 >