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Re: Early versions of Tesla's coil
Original poster: "RMC by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <RMC-at-richardcraven.plus-dot-com>
> Do they function as an electro-mechanical switch like a relay or buzzer
> contact
> or are they part of a normal static spark gap with the lever simply being
> used to adjust the gap setting?
The contacts merely act as a static gap. The design adopts a sprung
phosphor-bronze blade with a tungsten pad brazed to the end of it. this
bears down, via a cam lever, onto a similar tungsten pad.
RMC, England