Over-voltage at Synchronous Gap ? ? ?

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 

I am having some interesting phenomenon occur at the safety gap I have at my
SRSG gap.

If I adjust my SRSG to the point of which (should yield 75% to 100% maximum
voltage at primary capacitor), i get firing of my safety gap with
loud bangs (which are likely because the MMC is discharging into the safety
gap)  The safety gap is adjusted slightly larger than the no-load voltage
on the NST.  I am confused to why this gap is firing as I am using a LTR
type capacitor and didn't think i could get over-voltages using a SRSG.

Any thoughts??

Specs on my small coil are:

15kV, 60MA NST
0.0257uF, 24kV (MMC - LTR sized)
Standard secondary and primary coil

The Captain