Re: Dwell time, etc

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Original poster: David Speck <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I'm confused -- if you are wiring the gap across the transformer, as 
seems to be the optimum per current thinking, wouldn't the 
transformer supply a power arc, limited only by the ballast 
inductance, to the gap as long as the transformer output voltage is 
high enough to jump the aligned electrodes?

Dave

After the gaps fire, the capacitor will discharge and the energy will 
be used up.
When there's no longer enough voltage to jump the gap, the
gap will quench.