Re: spark gap noise suppression

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Original poster: Frank <fxrays@xxxxxxxxxx>

Just by putting the gap in a wooden enclosure will help quite a bit. 
Make sure it is at least 1/2" thick and of either of a solid hard 
wood or a good dense particle board.
Plywood will work but it tends to de-laminae and starts buzzing.
You can line the inside of the box with some wonder board to help 
make it heat resistant.
Frank

At 02:32 PM 1/28/2007 -0700, you wrote:
> Original poster: Mike <megavolts61@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> It sure wouldn't hurt to muffle the gap,  but the main sparks will 
> still be quite noisy...at least in a bigger coil.
> Mike
>
>
> 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?
>
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