Re: [TCML] Spark gap quandary

[jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I think I rememebr this being discussed in the past, the main issue if I recall was finding a non conductive material that could hold off the voltage between the electrodes, withstand the mechanical stresses of spinning, and withstand the super hot plasma it would be slicing threw as it broke an arc. 

The only thing I can think of that would even come close would be some form of alumina ceramic. But that is really brittle and as I discovered at my lab the other day, bloody expensive to get custom ground. 

Maybe you guys know of other magic materials 



Thanks, 
John "Jay" Howson IV 


"Why thank you, I will be happy to take those electrons off your hands." 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Weinhold Shannon L" <Shannon.L.Weinhold@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 7:47:55 PM 
Subject: [TCML] Spark gap quandary 

Hello all. 
So I was doodling some ideas for a rotary spark gap I am thinking of 
building and an idea came to me. 
I envisioned a rotary spark gap utilizing a electrode-less spinning disk 
equipped with slots...fashioned in such a way so that the gap could only 
fire when the stationary electrodes were aligned with one of the slots. 
I'm thinking it could be pretty thin so that the stationary electrodes 
would be in close enough proximity that they would naturally arc if 
there was no barrier, and that the slots would be inset enough from the 
edges of the disc so that the arc could not wrap around the edge of the 
disk and make a connection during the break. 
Seems like it would make for faster quenching (immediate) and the slots 
could perhaps even be variable so that they could be tuned, allowing for 
a specific duration of connectedness. (I believe you folks refer to this 
as dwell?) 
No flying electrodes to worry about cleaning or machining into a form. 
Is it too good to be true? 
(I get it named after me if it works...lol) 


Shannon Weinhold 
Klasdja Intelligent Innovations 


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