On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 12:42 PM, David Thomson <
tcbuilder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jim is basically saying the contact break is too long a duration and does
> not give enough time for the high voltage induced resonance to ring down in
> the system.
>
I'm sure someone will correct my bad use of words; the high voltage is
released as an impulse, it is not induced in the sense of induction. The
impulse needs to have maximum energy with minimum time during a single
cycle of firing a spark gap.
The mechanics of a distributor spark gap are just too slow and inefficient.
David Thomson
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