RE: Still confused on LTR sized Caps

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>



Secondly, why are LTR sized caps used in the
>first place and what are their benefits?

LTR caps are "Larger Than Resonanat" cap values that allow higher power to
the system especially with sync rotary gaps.  With a rotary gap, you can
charge about 2.5 times the cap to the same voltage to get 2.5 times the
power.  The values and the number of Geek Group caps used for variuous
transformer gap configurations is at:

>>>>>>I'm still confused as to how a cap 2.5 times larger than the standard
resonant cap would be able to be fully charged
in one 60Hz cycle with a synch rotary gap as opposed to a standard static
gap. Anyone have some more "hard theory" regarding this???



Dan