Quick rotary question

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• Subject: Quick rotary question
• From: Chip Atkinson <chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
• Date: Thu, 2 Jan 1997 22:31:03 -0700 (MST)
• Subscriber: chip-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com Thu Jan 2 23:22:54 1997

Does anyone know/remember off the top of thier head what causes the arc to
follow the disk on a rotary gap?  I notice that it is stretching about 1"
from the stationary electrodes.  Really what I'm asking is how to stop it.
Should I add (more) static gaps?

Chip

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