Re: General Questions VIII

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Original poster: "Metlicka Marc by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>

terry,
snip

  A good assumption is that a streamer load is 220K ohms
> plus 1pF per foot of streamer length.  This gets really messy when the
> non-linear spark gap is added in since it all then needs computer modeling
> to handle the non-linearities and non-continuous time functions...

by non-continuos time do you mean the on time of the gap conduction?
has anyone tried modeling the gap using the triggered gap and the dimmer
to turn the gap conduction on and of at just before the peak of the
waves, modeled with perfect quench at the time when the triac shuts it
off.

marc m.
geek #1055


> MicroSim models are pretty popular at this level:
> 
> http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Programs/Programs.htm
> 



> Cheers,
> 
>         Terry
> 
> >
> >Anyway, Thanks
> >
> >Wade
> >