[TCML] high break rates

[Scott Bogard <sdbogard@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings all,
	Has anyone done a study as to at what point your spark gap losses 
overcome spark growth from break rate repetition.  I ask because someone 
off list asked me if they could use a 40 nF capacitor on a twin MOT coil 
with no doubler, by my experience I get best performance (and Java TC 
predicts) at around 700 BPS with an 80 nF cap, so by my reckoning 
considering he has the same charging current and voltage, and as such 
will need to use twice the break rate to get sparks as long as myself, 
1400 BPS seems very high though.  I told him to redesign his capacitor 
and primary but since he is building his own he seems disinclined to do 
that.  Anyway back on topic has anyone played with systems that use 
extreme break rates like this, and will losses overcome any performance 
gain?  Thanks.

Scott Bogard.
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