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Re: Bypass caps and Neons *NEEDED!* (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 23:53:34 -0700
From: "D.C. Cox" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Bypass caps and Neons *NEEDED!* (fwd)
to: Dale
It does matter. Connect your power source always in parallel with your
power gap. Connect the cap in series with the high end of this gap and
your primary. Never connect the cap in parallel with the power source and
then connect the power gap in series with the primary. When the gap fires
it essentially acts like a short across the xmfr and helps prevent some of
the HF ringing in the xmfr -- even though you are using some protective
circuitry.
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
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> Subject: Re: Bypass caps and Neons *NEEDED!* (fwd)
> Date: Tuesday, December 16, 1997 10:32 PM
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> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 15:08:29 -0800
> From: "Dale F. Pfaffle" <pfaffle-at-tele-net-dot-net>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: Bypass caps and Neons *NEEDED!* (fwd)
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> Greetings: As sort of a closure on this for me, are these cap's you are
> protecting in parallel or series with the power source, or does it
matter?
>
> Thanks,
> Dale in Nevada.
>
> > Ed and Mark,
> >
> > One of the better reasons for having a safety gap across the cap is to
> > provide a path to ground at a breakdown voltage (hopefully) that's less
> > than the breakdown voltage of the tank cap when you happen to get a
> > streamer hit to the primary circuit...
> >
> > -- Bert --
> >