Re: sparkless rotary spark gap (fwd)

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Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:13:03 -0700
From: Barton B. Anderson <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: sparkless rotary spark gap (fwd)

Ok, Ameen, I have a question for you. Will the arc conduct when 
electrodes touch or will they conduct and even quench before the 
physical touch occurs? If the later, your question has it's answer.

Bart

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>Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:58:02 +0000
>From: ameen_ghavam@xxxxxxxxxxx
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: sparkless rotary spark gap
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>            Alright, I'm no exptert, but I can't seem to see why it's
>absolutely necessary to have a rotary gap spark as suppose to just
>touching electrodes. If your electrodes touched, there would be no worries
>about quenching or overheating, but the capacitor still discharges. This
>does mean, however, that the circuit resonates a lot longer and gives the
>capacitor less charging time. But it could be a fair tradeoff considering
>that more energy overall is transfered into the secondary. The efficiency
>may not improve, but no quenching or overheating worries, just physical
>erosion to the electrode.
>                       Does anyone see a reason why that wouldn't be a
>good idea?
>                                          Ameen Ghavam
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