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| This is my syncronous rotary spark gap it runs at 400bps. The electrodes are brass as are the posts. these will soon be tungsten as running 2.5kva they are melting already The motor is from a cloths dryer with a modified armature for syncronous operation. i have tried this gap now and it ran very well on my 6" x 30" giving sparks of 5'. Hearing protection must be worn as this gap is very loud. The sparks from this gap are a lot thinner than with my tcbor gap but the increase in length is worth it |
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| This is my tcbor gap or RQ gap. Its constructed of a piece of 4" pvc pipe with brass bolts holding the copper pipe electrodes in place. All the gaps are adjustable through slotted holes. This gap i mount ontop of a vacumn cleaner motor to shift large volumes of air through. this gap performs well with my mot supply giving very fat sparks click below for pics of this gap running on my coil |
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| This is my new safety gap setup. The outer electrodes are stainless steel and the inner is brass. these were all turned on my lathe along with the high voltage standoffs. the base is made of phenolic. a safety gap is very important in protecting components. especially when your running some resonant charging as i am im running at 90Hz charging circuit frequency at 400bps giving me resonant rise from 10kv to 15kv. |