Re: BPS?

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

In a message dated 7/26/00 5:25:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> Original poster: "Garth van Sittert" <garth-at-mediasupplies.co.za> 
>  
>  Excuse my ignorance but what is BPS (Break per second)
>  And is 16" a good spark length for a 12kV 30mA NST?

Garth,

BPS refers to how many times the spark gap fires each second.
If the gap fires every ac half cycle, this is 120 bps, because their
are 2 half cycles per cycle of 60Hz AC.  16" is pretty good for the
typical 12/30 TC.  I obtain 42" sparks from my 12/30 TC:

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Cheers,
John Freau