hunting for an enclosed neon spark discharge to use on a Don Smith device . With a varister plan to keep voltage at 2000 . looking at waveform of nt tran. the voltage fluxs about 200 v. My thinking is that setting this up would have a considerable impact of the final output frequency by shorting the signal and recovering before one cycle is completed. Is it correct to have the nominal voltage on discharge tube at the average and the spike voltage at 200 v or should it be smething else.Can not find gas discharge tubes at the 2000 v nominal. if someone can point me to a source i would be very grateful. thank you very much Nick
Re: spark gap
Posted by Bert Hickman on 7/28/2011, 11:13 pm, in reply to "spark gap"
--Previous Message-- : hunting for an enclosed neon spark discharge to use on a Don Smith device . : With a varister plan to keep voltage at 2000 . looking at waveform of nt : tran. the voltage fluxs about 200 v. My thinking is that setting this up : would have a considerable impact of the final output frequency by shorting : the signal and recovering before one cycle is completed. Is it correct to : have the nominal voltage on discharge tube at the average and the spike : voltage at 200 v or should it be smething else.Can not find gas discharge : tubes at the 2000 v nominal. if someone can point me to a source i would : be very grateful. thank you very much Nick :
Hi Nick,
Unfortunately, I really know nothing about Don Smith's device, and I don't follow developments in the "free energy" arena. A neon-filled device will break down a comparatively high voltage, but will then continue to conduct until the applied voltage is considerably lower. A neon tube that breaks down at 2 kV may need to be custom manufactured for you by a local neon sign shop.