When we think of a spark gap radio transmitter, most of us immediately imagine an early twentieth century ship’s radio room or similar. Most of us know these transmitters as the first radio ...
The simplest way to measure high voltage is by spark length. If your circuit has a spark gap then when a spark occurs, that’s a short-circuit, dumping all your built up charge. When your spark ...
Figure 5.7 a: Isolating spark gap Figure 5.7 b: Isolating spark gap for isolating metal systems of different potentials High specifications must be fulfilled for explosion-protected isolating spark ...