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Re: sparkless rotary spark gap (fwd)



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Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:53:27 +0000
From: ameen_ghavam@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: sparkless rotary spark gap (fwd)


Alright then, nevermind.
                             Thanxs, 
                                  Ameen Ghavam
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> Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:49:49 +0100 
> From: Chris Swinson 
> To: Tesla list 
> Subject: Re: sparkless rotary spark gap (fwd) 
> 
> Ameen, 
> 
> How do you plan to hold off 10KV from your electrodes until they touch ? 
> 
> Chris 
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> 
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> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2007 2:33 AM 
> Subject: sparkless rotary spark gap (fwd) 
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> > 
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> > Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:58:02 +0000 
> > From: ameen_ghavam@xxxxxxxxxxx 
> > To: Tesla list 
> > Subject: sparkless rotary spark gap 
> > 
> > Alright, I'm no exptert, but I can't seem to see why it's 
> > absolutely necessary to have a rotary gap spark as suppose to just 
> > touching electrodes. If your electrodes touched, there would be no worries 
> > about quenching or overheating, but the capacitor still discharges. This 
> > does mean, however, that the circuit resonates a lot longer and gives the 
> > capacitor less charging time. But it could be a fair tradeoff considering 
> > that more energy overall is transfered into the secondary. The efficiency 
> > may not improve, but no quenching or overheating worries, just physical 
> > erosion to the electrode. 
> > Does anyone see a reason why that wouldn't be a 
> > good idea? 
> > Ameen Ghavam 
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