Re: Triggered gaps vs Sync rotary

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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 7/23/02 6:28:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:


>
> One wonders why the SRSG seems to have better performance?  What aspect of
> the triggered gap is the problem? On-resistance? Quenching?


,
Jim,

I got the same spark length with a triggered gap and with a 
SRSG on my TT-42 TC, at about 700 watts.  I suspect that
at higher powers, the triggered gaps have poor quenching,
or may heat up and misfire, etc., unless they have some
sort of cooling/quenching airblast, such as a typical static
gap would probably require.

John