Re: PSpice modeling of spark gaps

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• Subject: Re: PSpice modeling of spark gaps
• From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 12:32:34 -0700
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

> Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
> 
> The real problem I see with sbreak is that the gap is not a fixed
> resistance but one that varies with current. What do the decrements
> produced with the gap model stuck in a resonant circuit look like?


If Rbreak is sufficiently smaller (<0.1) than Zpri,
will its non-linear action noticably affect operation?

Has anyone added an op-amp and current shunt to Sbreak
to more closely model the quenching?
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-GL
www.lod-dot-org

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