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Re: Re. More SRSG questions



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