RE: Crazy idea for a spark gap

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• Subject: RE: Crazy idea for a spark gap
• From: "Payne, Will E" <will.e.payne-at-lmco-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 16:57:36 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Methinks the leakage current would not allow your system to charge.
However, if it were in series with an air gap, the air gap would hold off
the voltage for charging the primary ckt, then the water gap might quench
faster.

Good luck, I eagerly await your results !

Will

> Original Poster: Doug Brunner <dabrunner-at-earthlink-dot-net> 
> 
> I just had a fairly certifiable idea for a spark gap, and I'd like to
> get some reactions on it. What if I were to cap a 2' segment of 2" PVC
> pipe at one end, put in two electrodes (probably .25" hex bolts) about
> .25" apart at the ends, coming from opposing sides of the pipe just
> about the cap, seal the electrodes' entry points, fill it with distilled
> water up to the top, and fire it on my coil (3 kVA)? Would it work
> 

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