Re: A new cap failure mode?

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• Subject: Re: A new cap failure mode?
• From: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:40:27 -0700
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: "Barton B. Anderson" <mopar-at-uswest-dot-net>
> 
> <big snip>
> Bert,
> 
> > Adding a series resistance in the gap circuit should
> > help damp these oscillations, limit the current peaks, and even knock
> > down the magnitude of the voltage reversal with minimal impact on the
> > overvoltage protection function... sounds like a pretty good idea! The
> > resistor must be physically large enough to withstand worst-case
> > voltage however.
> >
> > -- Bert --
> 
> How big of a resistor are we talking about? When I consider the magnetude,
> I sure
> can imagine a "huge" resisitor.
> Bart


	Adding this resistor will increase the primary loss and hence the
streamer output!!!

Ed

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