Re: Minimum RSG voltage

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Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 8/26/04 6:39:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>Original poster: "Steve Conner" <steve.conner-at-optosci-dot-com>
>
> >Has anyone else used
> >a rotary at such a low voltage?  With MOT's perhaps?
>
>I reckon that if you can make it work with a static gap, it should also work
>at least as well, if not better, with a rotary.
>
>The rotary gaps shouldn't need to be set any narrower than the static gaps
>were, although it's always a good idea to go for the narrowest gap spacing
>you can safely achieve (it reduces the chance of missed firings)
>
>Steve C.


When I was working on the 4 kv transformer contest, I had poor results with 
my rotary gap.  It has four gaps that it has to fire through, all set to 
about .010" to .015".  I did get 9" discharges but it would not fire 
reliably.  Going back to a static gap set to about .050", I got 10.75" 
discharges.

Ed Sonderman