RE: Mini Transformers - Any good for Tesla use?

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Gary.Lau-at-hp-dot-com>

A cap wired across the power supply is definitely a bad thing if the main 
gap is also wired in parallel with the power supply (as it should).  Each 
time the gap fires, it will be wasting the charge that was in the cap.

Ceramic disk caps in general are next to useless for a tank cap.  Losses 
are very high.

Gary Lau
MA, USA

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Subject: Re: Mini Transformers - Any good for Tesla use?


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

The cap built into it isn't necessarily a bad thing. I don't remember what
the site is but I do recall seeing one in which someone just used the cap
that came already attached to the bug zapper transformer as the tank cap in a
small bugzapper powered coil.

Mark

In a message dated 5/18/03 12:52:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

<< One thing to beware of when using bug zapper transformers - they sometimes
   have a ceramic cap wired across the secondary coil, and embedded within the
   secondary potting compound.  This serves to render a bigger zap to the
   bugs, but is bad for TC use.  Sometimes the potting compound is clear and
   the cap is visible within it, so some drill-surgery might be able to sever
   one of the connections.  But I've personally not tried this.
    >>