RE: HV cap flashover, :-0 repost

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>


The gap-setting procedure sounds on the mark!

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

<snip>
>Thanks for the insites, Gary,
>
>I set the gap from a suggestion from this list service to be inbetween
1/4"
>to 1/2" total.  From what your telling me, this was way to wirde.  I'll
>repeat my understanding of what you are telling me.   Run the gap
across
>the transformer without the primary cct connected, and adjust so that
it
>just starts to arc across the gap at normal (120Vac) voltage into the
NST.
>Is this the correct way to set up a spark gap??
> Before this I had the gap set as I mentioned in this post, at 3/8" and
>only running 60Vac into the NST.   That's serious resonant voltage
rise!!!.
>Looking back now it was probably not regular 120 flash overs per
second.
>How does this sound to you?
>
>Shaun Epp