Re: MMC Protection SGap current limit

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• Subject: Re: MMC Protection SGap current limit
• From: "Herwig Roscher" <herwig.roscher-at-gmx.de> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 11:07:34 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Ted Linney wrote:

> whether a MMC protection spark gap should have a resistor 
(around 30 ohms or so) to keep the peak current in the MMC
to a within the pk current capabilites of the caps used.

Ted,

I've connected a 34 Ohm/200 W resistor in series with the  
protection gap of my 63 nF main cap because I don't want the cap 
to be fried in case of a flashover. I suspect that the cap is fully 
charged then and its rated peak current could be exceeded easily.

Regards	

Herwig

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