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Rotary Spark Gap Design
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- Subject: Rotary Spark Gap Design
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- Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 20:31:53 -0700
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Original poster: "Rajesh Seenivasan" <rajeshkvs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Dear forum members,
I'm planning to build a rotary spark gap:
8 spinning electrodes mounted on a wooden disc,
2 stationary electrodes,
brass bolts used as electrodes.
I have seen in some Tesla coil designs that the AC input voltage is stepped
up to few kilo volts
(using NSTs/PolePigs), rectified and then fed to the tesla coil circuit
that is using the spark gap.
Can I run the tesla coil without stepping up the AC input voltage ? I'm
planning to use
440VAC input, rectify it and then feed this DC voltage to the tesla coil
circuit which uses a
rotary spark gap. Any advice ?
Thanks in advance,
Rajesh.