Re: Capacitor "tap" in Primary?

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Original poster: "Steven Ward by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <srward16-at-hotmail-dot-com>




>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Capacitor "tap" in Primary?
>Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:12:25 -0600
>
>Original poster: "D.C. Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net>
>
>
>Spark gap losses can be reduced considerably by connecting a .002 cap
>directly across the spark gap.  This, discovered in the 1930's, is know as
>the Poulson Principle.  It was a neat trick used by early radio spark gap
>pioneers.
>
>Regards,
>
>Dr. Resonance


Why doesnt anyone use this??  What features would the cap have to have?  
would they be the same ratings(voltage, amperage)?  Would this give more 
spark output?  Maybe I will try this if someone could give some guidelines.

Steve Ward.

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