Re: rotary gaps and neons

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Even with a synchronous gap the secondary voltage can behave in a
chaotic way, depending on the transformer inductance, the capacitance,
and the primary voltage.  A safety gap across the transformer is the
safest way to go.

	There has been a lot of talk here about triggered gaps, but I have
missed it if anyone gave details of the triggering frequency, the spark
frequency and phasing, and proper adjustments.  Assume these are run in
a synchronous mode, but?????  More dope?

Ed