- 1. Topband: Spark Gaps.. (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Briggs <vk3zl@bigpond.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:06:14 +1000
- Has anyone thought about using two trailer towing balls set up for a spark gap? I use this on a 90 foot insulated mast in a very lightning prone environment....To date "(25)" years, with many direct
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-07/msg00386.html (6,279 bytes)
- 2. Re: Topband: Spark Gaps.. (score: 1)
- Author: DAVID CUTHBERT <telegrapher9@gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:33:07 -0600
- Bob, that an excellent idea! _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-07/msg00390.html (6,959 bytes)
- 3. Re: Topband: Spark Gaps.. (score: 1)
- Author: <donovanf@starpower.net>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:18:03 -0400 (EDT)
- Trailer hitch balls should work fine as a lightning arrestor. Typically a trailer hitch ball has spherical sides and a flat top. The two balls should be oriented so they the spherical surfaces are si
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-07/msg00391.html (8,497 bytes)
- 4. Re: Topband: Spark Gaps.. (score: 1)
- Author: "ZR" <zr@jeremy.mv.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:40:50 -0400
- Figuring that .045" is a standard 2000V air gap for variable caps in medium humidity it would be a good place to start. For 1500V set at .030". Everybody should have a set of feeler gauges(-; A sacri
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-07/msg00392.html (9,317 bytes)
- 5. Topband: Spark Gaps.. (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Briggs <vk3zl@bigpond.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:53:26 +1000
- Thank you to all the email's received re my use of trailer balls for a spark gap..It is a simple answer to a big problem and it works.. It pays to think outside the box at times when presented with a
- /archives//html/Topband/2012-07/msg00394.html (8,044 bytes)
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