Self powered spark gap "motor"

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Original poster: "Jim DeLillo by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimdel-at-bellatlantic-dot-net>

Would it be possible to build a "motor" using the
spark gap itself?

I envision that the two fixed electrodes would be the electromagnets and the
two poles on the end of the shaft would be fixed magnets.

The motor turns by the power supplied to the spark gap.

It would seem that this could be self-powered, self-synchronous and
self-quenching.

Any thoughts?

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