[Amps] Air gap for 12000 volts?

[Wt8r@aol.com]

In a message dated 4/23/02 2:34:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dcoolica@planet.eon.net writes:


> 
> >From pratical experience I find that 1 cm is not very much when you are
> talking about 20 kV.  For 20 KV I would have a lot more
> clearance than 1
> cm

My research reveals that the breakdown of air is 20,000 volts/inch NOT cm.

73 de

Dave, WT8R


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