RE: LTR cap BPS?

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau@xxxxxx>

The performance with .02uF and .025uF were difficult to tell apart, but
were clearly better than the .012uF.

Regards, Gary

> Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Gary:
>
> With the 4/20 setup, which cap provided the best performance from your
sec
> coil?
>
> Dr. Resonance
>
>  >
>  > The BPS of a static gap is whatever it "needs to be", determined by
the
>  > gap width, cap size, and power supply.  Sorry to be so vague, but
there
>  > is no specific target number, and it's not related to
mains-resonance.
>  > Lower figures generally result from higher C values and/or higher
>  > voltages, resulting in greater bang sizes and better performance.
From
>  > a post I submitted last year:
>  >
>  > I just measured the BPS of my mini coil, using a
partially-deshunted
>  > 4/20 NST.  Using a digital storage scope, I scoped the field coming
off
>  > the secondary over a 400 msec interval with a scope probe hanging
about
>  > 8 feet from the coil.  I tried 3 different cap sizes:
>  > Cap BPS
>  > .012uF 297 BPS
>  > .02uF 207 BPS
>  > .025uF 157 BPS
>  >
>  > Regards, Gary Lau
>  > MA, USA
>  >
>  >  > Original poster: "Black Moon" <black_moons@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>  >  >
>  >  > Hi, I was wondering, when using a LTR cap an a NST, is your
break rate
>  >  > spost to be around 60? is the resonant action what causes it not
to be
>  > 120+?
>  >
>  >
>  >
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