Re: brushes

["Bill Lemieux" <gomez-at-netherworld-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

On that fateful day 8/14/00 3:56 PM, thus spake Tesla list:

> Original poster: Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com
> 
> << Original poster: "LOCKWOOD, Chris J." <clockwood-at-orbeng-dot-com.au>
> 
> has anybody tried using brushes instead of a gap?
> 
> I think a fellow named Tesla might have.  The difficulty I see is that at
> the high current, the break will cause a good voltage spike which might
> cause difficulty in quenching.  Also, carbon brushes might get hot enough
> to create power arcs like in a carbon arc lamp.
> Good Luck,
> Mike

Tesla's mercury break was essentially a "brush" design, since it was not
intended to arc, but used a stream of mercury to make direct contact with a
ring of stationary copper electrodes.

This is what was used on the two big oscillators at C-Springs.

- Gomez

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