Re: Weird safety gap behaviour

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz> 

Hi Gerry,
           NST core saturation is almost certainly the problem. Your
LTR caps have suddenly become resonant caps as the core permeability
has fallen with increased winding currents. Interestingly, this
suggests that a stabilizing mechanism would apply for originally
resonant-sized caps. However, the stabilization would most likely
occur at several 10's of kV.

Malcolm
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