Re: Cap size for arsg?

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Chris,

The spark gap, be it static or ARSG, simply acts like a switch and a few
ohms of resistance in series and has negligable effect on the resonant
frequency of your primary coil and capacitor.

Keep planning and designing - that is at least half the fun of coiling!
--Steve Y.
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Subject: Cap size for arsg?


 > Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry Fritz
<teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Hi everybody,
 > I am currently in the design phase for a PT powered coil. It will probably
 > be a while before I can actually build the thing (money among other
things)
 > but it can't hurt to dream right? =D I was just wondering whether or not
 > the primary cap value stays the same for an arsg. Could I simply use an
LTR
 > cap using the same (resonance * 1.5) equation using the wintesla
 > reccomended value for a static gap? Or is it something else? Thanks again!
 >
 >
 > -Chris
 >
 >
 >