Re: sync gap vs. static, was; secondary coil form materials

[FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

In a message dated 7/14/00 4:10:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> Original poster: "Richard Barton" <richardbarton-at-caving5.freeserve.co.uk> 
>  
>  if it's a static gap, would it sync itself, if the gap is adjusted so it
>  fires
>  easily?
>                       Richard Barton

Richard,

A static gap might sync itself to some degree, with a proper cap and
gap spacing, but not as steadily as a sync gap.  Static gaps tend to
fire at erratic bps.  Also a sync gap can benefit from "downside 
charging" (as the voltage starts to decline, the cap is still charging,
which can't happen using a static gap).

Cheers,
John Freau