Re: spark length vs toroid diameter

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• Date: Mon, 12 May 1997 00:16:17 -0500
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Subject:     Re: spark length vs toroid diameter
      Date:  Sun, 11 May 1997 19:26:47 -0800
      From:  Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
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richard hull wrote:

> 3.  Once the streamer leaves the toroid, the energy is in the bolt.  Its
> wad
> is shot until next blast from the gap.  If regualr enough and of
> sufficient
> energy, the spark grows out farther based on the toroidial energy store.


Are you saying here that the stored electrical energy in the top
capacitance is more important than the breakout voltage rating?

I wonder what would happen if I just simply loaded my secondary
with a physical capacitor, say about 150 pF or so?

-GL

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