Re: question

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

In a message dated 2/1/02 10:18:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:

Dave,

Are you saying that you're not using any ballasting (current limiting)
for the PT?  It's generally best to use ballasting (inductive or resistive),
to prevent power arcing at the gap, and for generally better performance.

Cheers,
John



>
> I fully understand what you mean by the Potential Transformer is not current
> limited.  I put it on my Tesla coil today.  The spark gap looked more like
> an arc welder.  My single thoriated tungsten, magnetically quenched, static
> spark gap just couldn't handle it.  I've been working all day to build a
> spark gap to handle the power.