RE: roatry gap questions

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Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>

For the classical spark gap tesla coil, you absolutely need a capacitor. For
the vttc and sttc, I don't know. These types of tesla coils are way too
complicated and expensive for the beginner. 

     No capacitor = No tesla coil

A rotary allows one to time the discharges of the capacitor. It sort of like
timing the spark plugs in a combustion engine. 

Godfrey Loudner 

> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject:	roatry gap questions
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Beans45601-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> what are the good things about rotary spark gaps? do you still need a
> capistator? 
>