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Re: Re. More SRSG questions
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To: tesla-at-PUPMAN-dot-com
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Subject: Re: Re. More SRSG questions
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From: Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 21:08:14 -0600
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Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com
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In-Reply-To: <9904301323.AA09935-at-us8rmc.bb.dec-dot-com>
At 09:23 AM 4/30/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>Did you mean across the cap or gap? I would favor the Gap, that way if
>it fires, the energy has a useful place to go, into the primary. If the
>safety is just across the Cap, it will see some frightful currents (no
>inductors to limit it) and do nothing useful. Clamping-wise, it makes no
>difference, the cap and gap see the same voltages.
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>Regards, Gary Lau
>Waltham, MA USA
Yes!!
Putting the safety gap in parallel with the main rotary gap is best for the
reason you give. There is great suspicion that the huge currents a safety
gap directly across the capacitor would draw will damage the capacitor...
Terry