Are you using a true synchronous motor or are you grinding flats on the
rotor?
What horsepower?
My WAG is that the drag from the oil is going to make you lose sync.
How about a propeller gap with a shroud on the stationary electrodes -- hook
it to the exhaust of a shop-vac.
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> [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Boyle
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> Subject: [TCML] fluid quenched rotary spark gap
>
> I'm planning to build a synchronous rotary spark gap with the
> terminals
> inside a fluid tight plastic box and filled with dielectric oil. This
> should cut down on the noise, allow me to use steel electrodes because
> of the lower temperatures, and it should quench like a champ.
> Has anyone
> had any experience building one of these?
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