RE: Where to look?

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Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I like the sucker gap or its reciprocal, the vortex
gap. Why? Two big electrodes for hi Q and low ohmic
losses. Also stiff air blast to blow out the arc.
Mechanically simple and easy to adjust too.

Greg
http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jim-at-jlproduction-dot-com>
> 
> Cool,
> How???
> Wider gap or more electrodes or what?
> Thanks,
> Jim
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: Where to look?
> 
> Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry
> Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> Spark Gap! If you only improve one thing, improve
> that.
> 
> My $.02 worth,
> 
> Greg
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
> 
> --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jim-at-jlproduction-dot-com>
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > As I prepare to have at my coil this weekend I was
> > wondering where I
> > should focus my attention as to better
> > spark length?
> > I realize this is the 10,000 dollar question and
> > also that experiment is
> > king, but any hints are more than
> > welcome.
> > To give a pretty good idea of how I did on round
> one
> > I have used Paint
> > Shop Pro to enhance the contrast on
> > one of the better pics I took. This modified pic
> can
> > be seen here...
> > http://www.jlproduction-dot-com/sparkmod1.jpg
> > 
> > Or the whole site can be seen here...
> > http://www.jlproduction-dot-com/Tesla.html
> > 
> > 
> > The toroid is 14 inch diameter to give you a scale
> > to work with.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance for any and all ideas,
> > Jim
> > 
> > 
> > 
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