Re: safety gap setup

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Miles,

See this for setting the gaps:

http://www.pupman.com/listarchives/2000/January/msg00044.html

Cheers,

        Terry


At 10:18 AM 10/14/2005, you wrote:
> Terry,
>
> I have ordered the parts from DigiKey for a 15KV Terry Filter. I 
> will probably be too excited to wait for the parts to get here 
> before I start up my new coil. I am either going to use a vacuum 
> gap, an async rotary, or a fan cooled multigap. That is my current 
> quandry, with all the different motors and fittings and things all 
> laying around, I am waiting for something to call out to me. 
> However, I want to at least put a safety gap onto the circuit before 
> I power it up. At 15KV I understand that I need to keep my max spark 
> gap < 1/4 of an inch. Is this a good rule of thumb? Also, how do I 
> adjust the distance for each leg of the safety gap for best 
> protection? I have a pair of adjustable angle brackets with steel 
> spheres (well - steel sphere like cabinet doorknobs) that I can use. 
> Would a sharp point be better? How close together should the safety gap be?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Miles Waldron