Re: Triggered Gap & NST

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Bill,

Almost all Triggered gaps are used with NSTs.  With a good protection
filter (or at least properly set safety gaps) there should be no problem.
Many people are using LTR cap sizes too which eliminates high voltage
runaway in the primary circuit.

TSGs are syncronous and the dimmer does vary the phase.  However, with a
protection circuit and the right sized caps, you can play with it all you
want without fear of hurting the NSTs no matter what.

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/TeslaCoils/Misc/NSTFilt.jpg

Cheers,

	Terry

Cheers,

	Terry

At 08:53 AM 10/19/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>This has been asked before, but I'd like some definitive verification:
>Can a triggered spark gap, such as described in Ted Rosenbergs PDF
>article, be used with an NST power supply?  I'm thinking of the problem
>NST's have with rotary gaps - that the rotary gap should be synchronous
>AND in correct phase.  I'm assuming the TSG is always synchronous, and
>that the dimmer can be used to adjust the phase.  Correct?  Yet I've
>read that they're not suitable for NST use (I'm using three - going on
>four - 15/60's).
>
>	Thanks,
>	Bill Vanyo
>