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Re: Peak cap voltage, was 12kV, 30ma TC specs, 42" spark




From: 	FutureT-at-aol-dot-com[SMTP:FutureT-at-aol-dot-com]
Sent: 	Friday, September 12, 1997 1:41 AM
To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: 	Re: Peak cap voltage, was 12kV, 30ma TC specs, 42" spark

In a message dated 97-09-10 11:48:30 EDT, you write:

<< 
> So for Vc = 32kV and about 7nF, we are talking nearly 3.6J/bang at 
> 120BPS.  Some questions arise of course: how does the transformer 
> manage to stand it? 
>     My test the other day seems a lot more respectable in the light 
> of this :)
 
> Thanks again,
> Malcolm
  >>

Malcolm,

My theory (more of a guess), is that the regular firing of the sync
gap creates fewer wild surges in the transformer, that the 
regular firing also allows for setting the safety gaps closer for
better neon protection, and that no gap firings are skipped, again
because of the steady firing of the sync gap.   As far as overall
power disapation in the tranny...I would suppose that any tranny 
can survive a load of double or triple its rating, as long as it is not
run for more than 30 seconds to 1 minute at a time, since it won't
have time to heat up very much.

John Freau