RE: [TCML] Sucker Gap

["Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have an early video that Richard sent to me -- a member of his family
(brother?) collected old cars and restored them so he probably had access to
a large garage-style air compressor.

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Mora
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 6:32 PM
> To: 'Tesla Coil Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [TCML] Sucker Gap
> 
> PS: Quick used an air compressor I believe. Perhaps he can 
> comment on this?
> I remember him talking about using brass door knobs (the old kind).
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Lau, Gary
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 5:35 PM
> To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [TCML] Sucker Gap
> 
> Did you actually see a benefit to super-charging the leaf 
> blower at 140VAC?
> (!)  With my sucker gap, I found no improvement in 
> performance above 24VAC
> to the vacuum cleaner motor.  Certainly louder (from the 
> screaming motor),
> but no longer sparks.
> 
> Regards, Gary Lau
> MA, USA
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Jim Mora
> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:00 PM
> > To: 'Tesla Coil Mailing List'
> > Subject: [TCML] Sucker Gap
> >
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I ran a blown not sucker gap on my 15/120. It used a high 
> end leaf blower
> 10
> > feet away blown through 2" black PVC and concentrated 
> through a 12" long
> > tapered 1/2 inch office PVC orifice run at full tilt (this 
> from a shop vac
> > accessory catalog). It was closely placed to the gap which 
> was 1 inch
> brass
> > cylindrical electrode pair aimed up through them at 45 
> degrees. It was
> > louder than heck but it sure worked great and loved 
> 140volts in. The sound
> > was very much 120BPS like a clean square wave. Richard Quick first
> published
> > this obscurely in the archives. It really worked great!
> >
> > I have a 14400/5KVA GE potential transformer for the coil 
> to use now so I
> am
> > going to a rotary spark gap and a new cap and primary.
> >
> > Long Sparks,
> > Jim Mora
> 
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