Re: Safety Gap Firing

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Original poster: otmaskin5@xxxxxxx 

Thanks Gerry for the reply.  Going on what you say on the difference 
in geometry & there difference in Efield due to the safety gaps' 
small sized electrodes, I'm wondering whether I'd be better off 
constructing safety gaps that resemble my main spark gap - i.e., 
parallel Cu pipes.

My main gap seems pretty conservative at 0.18.  I read about a lot of 
guys with similar NSTs running gaps 0.25 & sometimes higher.  I'd 
hate to close down my main gap more than it already is & reduce 
performance if I If I could safely solve the problem by reconfiguring 
the safety gap.  What do you think?

Dennis Hopkinton MA