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Re: Protecting my caps and transformer.




Tom Stathes wrote to the list:

> for cap protection i should hook a gap up like this
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Tom,

You would like to add a current-limiting-resistor in series with your 
protection spark gap. If the gap fired, the cap is fully charged and 
the gap will short it without resistor:  big bang!!

Safe coiling to you.

Herwig