RE: spark gap noise suppression

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>

In a properly operating coil, the majority of acoustic noise comes from
the top load streamers, rather than from the spark gap.  Unless you want
to also minimize your streamers, shielding your gap won't help much.

Regards, Gary Lau,
MA, USA

> Original poster: "Todd Reeve" <todd.reeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Has anyone ever tried to make things a little quieter when running
your coil?
>
> I was looking at the muffler on my central vacuum unit and it has a
> muffler that quiets the unit by about 50%.  Borrowing from that idea,
> I was thinking about building a box lined with some type of foam with
> openings on each end.  Any thoughts?
>