Re: Triggered gap

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>



Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<Hhchicken1-at-aol-dot-com>
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> Hi everybody,
> Today I'm going to connect up the gap as specified in Marc's schematic at
> http://63.229.238.60/temp/trigger_sch.jpg. I'll let you know what happens.
> The only thing I am worried about is that while the trigger spark is on, does
> is provide a conductive path from the NST through the ignition coil to my
> dimmer switch?  Or does the choke effect of the coil prevent this?
> Thanks, Henry

The ignition coil is a pretty high impedance (many k ohms)