RE: BLOWER GAP EXPERIMENT

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Original poster: "Alan" <rainylake@xxxxxxx>

Just a note to say I enjoyed the video. Looked like it quenched well. Think
I might give it a try.

Alan

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Subject: BLOWER GAP EXPERIMENT

Original poster: "Krohns" <2halice@xxxxxxx>

I decided to keep it simple while building my first Tesla coil, so I
built myself a sucker gap.  After reading Gary Lau's sucker gap page,
I thought that I'd test the gap as a blower instead of a
sucker.  (Sounds like Spaceballs.)  I got some interesting results; I
had arcs that were straight across the gap, others that took a
parabolic path and still others that went all over the place.  If you
would like to see video of this weirdness, click on the link
below.  I would love some feedback from someone who can explain what
is happening.

<http://www.halice.com/physics/blower_gap_II.mpg>http://www.halice.com/physi
cs/blower_gap_II.mpg

The gap width is 0.36".  The tranformer array is 15KV @ 90mA.  The
variac is 140 volt @ 15 amps.  The "blow" is supplied by my handy
dandy shop vac, running at 40-120 volts.  AND the video is 12 megs in size.

Looking forward to hearing from someone who knows a whole lot more than I.

Hal