RSG blows capacitors? (fwd)

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Subject: RSG blows capacitors? (fwd)
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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 20:00:44 -0600 (MDT)
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Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 10:25:20 +0300
From: Marco Denicolai <marco-at-vistacom.fi>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: RSG blows capacitors?

Can a rotary spark gap damage my primary capacitor?

I use a 0.05uF 50kV primary capacitor, tank voltage is 6.5kV AC at
about 250 mA. I am moving from a RQ static gap to a rotary.

Any change to damage my caps with a rotary gap?

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