Re: Over-voltage at Synchronous Gap ? ? ?

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "colin.heath4" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com> 

hi captain,
                 what break rate are you running as that will change the
resonant frequency of the charging circuit.
cheers
colin

----- Original Message -----
From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 2:20 AM
Subject: Over-voltage at Synchronous Gap ? ? ?


 > Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com
 >
 > I am having some interesting phenomenon occur at the safety gap I have at
my
 > SRSG gap.
 >
 > If I adjust my SRSG to the point of which (should yield 75% to 100%
maximum
 > voltage at primary capacitor), i get firing of my safety gap with
 > loud bangs (which are likely because the MMC is discharging into the
safety
 > gap)  The safety gap is adjusted slightly larger than the no-load voltage
 > on the NST.  I am confused to why this gap is firing as I am using a LTR
 > type capacitor and didn't think i could get over-voltages using a SRSG.
 >
 > Any thoughts??
 >
 > Specs on my small coil are:
 >
 > 15kV, 60MA NST
 > 0.0257uF, 24kV (MMC - LTR sized)
 > Standard secondary and primary coil
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >