Re: More on strange behavior

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Hollmike-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 7/9/01 11:38:03 AM Mountain Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

<< 
 As to the sound of the gap...it does change when the streamers stop,
 I think, but the streamers are so noisy I don't normally hear the
 gap at all.  When the streamers stop, the gap has a sizzle sound
 to it, but I don't know what it sounds like when all is OK. >>

A sizzle sound?   The only time I have heard that is when I was using a cap 
bank that was encased in wax.  The wax developed a carbon track that shorted 
the bank.  Perhaps this is something else to check.  Maybe a short develops 
when they are run for a while that corrects itself on shutting down the 
coil(are they self-healing caps?).  I haven't followed this thread due to 
being out of town, so I might be repeating something already said.
Just a guess, but maybe worth looking into.
Mike