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Re: cap in parallel to neon xfrmr
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Re: cap in parallel to neon xfrmr
Date:
Fri, 28 Mar 1997 16:11:31 GMT
From:
xtal-at-airmail-dot-net (David Christal)
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On Wed, 26 Mar 1997 08:50:20 -0600, you wrote:
>If you put the HV cap in parallel to the neon xfrmr won't you short
>out or at least overload the xfrmr ?
>----------------------------
>Kenneth Aaron
>E-mail : kennetha-at-geocities-dot-com
>http://www.geocities-dot-com/SunsetStrip/8736/
>----------------------------
>
>
The way I see it:
Once the capacitor is fully charged, it no longer conducts;
the current then flows through the spark gap;
the current stored in the cap is then drained through the (conducting)
spark gap;
the drained cap now conducts again, thus shutting off the arc in the
spark gap.
and so on, and so on, and so on.
Sure it's hard on the cap and the xformer, but that's what we're here
for!
The primary coil inductance absorbs some of the shock.
Some people add a resistor to lighten the load.
Take this with a grain of salt, I'm new to all this.
David Christal 3341 Cloverdale Lane, Dallas, TX 75234
214 349-6972 (214 FIX MY PC) (Pool Cues and Personal Computers)