Re: Primary Q - A Brain Teaser

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• Subject: Re: Primary Q - A Brain Teaser
• From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 17:32:00 -0700
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

> Original Poster: ElectronX-at-aol-dot-com 
> 
> What conditions cause the losses in the spark gap to be V*I rather thn
I^2*R?
> This is new to me.
> 
> Matt Behrend

The fact that Vgap is not proportional to Igap. With a resistor, V is 
proportional to I. If you looked on a fine enough timescale you'd see 
Vgap going down as I goes up. This isn't some exotic theory. The shape
of the primary ringdown (no secondary present) shows what is 
happening. It certainly doesn't behave like a normal resistance.

Malcolm

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