RE: Large Series Gap

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Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince" <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Scott,

It is not the ONLY gap... I guess I assumed everyone would know that I
wouldn't run a pig powered coil on just a series gap which was my mistake.
Please see the other posts for additional info.

Thanks,
Cameron

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 12:48 PM
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> Subject: Re: Large Series Gap
>
> Original poster: "Scott Hanson" <huil888@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Cameron -
>
> Please clarify ....... is this multi-element static gap the ONLY gap
> that you will be using with your pole-pig system, or will this be
> used in conjunction with a rotary gap? Your original post did not
> fully describe the gap configuration.
>
> Regards,
> Scott Hanson
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 3:57 PM
> Subject: Large Series Gap
>
>
> >Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince" <cplists@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >Hey guys,
> >
> >I've been working on a large series gap for my pole pig driven coil and I
> >have a few questions.
> >
> >My prototype can be seen here:
> >
> >http://www.teslauniverse.com/members/cprince/images/seriesgap/
> >
> >It's using five 2.25 inch O.D. brass nipples for four gaps maximum. My
> main
> >concern is the gap distance. As you will see in the photos, a standard
> sheet
> >of paper will just barely slide between some of the gaps. The others are
> >slightly wider. I tried my best to maintain tolerances, but it's very
> >difficult to drill the 7.25 inch PVC couple properly even with a press.
> >
> >My other concerns are the number of gaps. Is four going to be enough?
> >
> >Any thoughts, suggestions or feedback would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Cameron
> >