Re: Tank Circuit Stray Inductance...

To: tesla-at-grendel.objinc-dot-com
Subject: Re: Tank Circuit Stray Inductance...
From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 1996 08:28:10 +1200
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Hi all,
        Firstly, No-one has posted me on their tank circuits. Probably
not a bad thing since I discovered that the 100k resistor mentioned 
is much too low for the job. (with a circuit X of about 40 Ohms and Q
about 50, the dynamic resistance of the circuit is about 100k as well)
    Secondly, on this.... 

> and was wondering, "Has anyone ever tried to calculate the stray
> inductance of the discharge in the spark gap?" 

No, but it should be quite insignificant considering its length which
is a fraction of the length of the interconnect wiring which is a 
fraction of the conductor length in the actual coil.

Malcolm