Subject: Re: cap in parallel to neon xfrmr Date: Wed, 26 Mar 1997 17:42:13 -0800 (PST) From: "Edward V. Phillips" <ed-at-alumni.caltech.edu> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com If you draw out the circuit and examine it, you will see that (for the charging cycle) the capacitor is ALWAYS in parallel with the transformer (secondary). Ed Phillips