Re: resonant cap

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

In a message dated 10/29/01 9:14:47 AM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes: 


>
> Hi, 
>  You can certainly use a resonant, or impedance matched cap.  The energy 
> transfer is supposedly maxed when doing so, but there are dangers.  If your 
> spark gap misfires for any reason, a very high voltage can develop across the
>
> cap due to the resonant rise.  This can kill your cap or your transformer. 
> According to studies conducted by Terry (and others?),  the voltage from a
> 15kV 
> NST can skyrocket as high as 50 - 80 kV.     
> Mike 
>



Hi All, 
Shouldn't  a safety gap across the cap itself eliminate the overvoltage problem
of the main gap misfiring? 
Matt D.