Original poster: Davetracer@xxxxxxx
I have a few relatively minor questions ...
(1a) Should the safety gap on top of the neon sign transformer be as
physically _sharp_ as possible (for example, two nails pointing at one
another), to help ionization and zapping across, or should it be a Jacob's
ladder shape (gentle curve), or even moreso, smooth curves, something like
doorknobs?
The reason I ask is that it seems to me in this application you'd want
the safety gap to fire sooner, not later, and I believe that sharp
electrodes will do that a bit faster. On the other hand a smooth shape
may give wanted capacitance. I don't know, so I'm asking.