Re: Dramatic Performance Drop After 5 Seconds?

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• Subject: Re: Dramatic Performance Drop After 5 Seconds?
• From: "Bunnykiller" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2000 12:33:43 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: Megavolt121-at-aol-dot-com
> 
> << 1. Static Air gaps REQUIRE an Air flow for operation... >>
> 
> Hi list,
>     I DON'T find this to be true. I used a flat cutting board w/ four copper
> pipes mounted on there for my first sparkgap. This worked fine even when the
> coil was sitting w/out any wind and the gap was enclosed by a box. I was
> getting nice 50-60" sparks easily before i blew my caps by overpowering them.
> -Alan



Hi Alan...

the previous was a purposed new rule of thumb for static gaps   :)

but thinking about it now...  if you had an air flow across the gaps you
may not have blown your caps  ;) 

Scot D

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