Charging Choke

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Original poster: "LWRobertson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <LWRobertson-at-email.msn-dot-com>

In almost every schematic I've seen using a charging
choke and diode, the choke is placed before the diode.

This leaves the diode looking straight into a spark gap,
usually. One would intuitivly think placing the diode
behind the choke would protect the diode from transient
spark gap behavior, but this must  be untrue or everyone
from from Sandia to Livermore would do it that way.

IS there a good reason to put the diode after the choke?

LR