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RE: Rotary Spark Gap Design

Original poster: "Stephen Mathieson" <sm@xxxxxxxxxx>

Stepping up the voltage means that you will be switching less current for
the same amount of power. I don't see 440VAC to be practical.

If you use a wooden disk it will probably catch fire.

Stephen A. Mathieson

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Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 9:32 PM
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Subject: Rotary Spark Gap Design

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.