Re: Rotary Spark Gap and NST ? ? ?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>


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> Actually sync rotary gaps are a ok. Async rotary spark gaps aren't good for 
> any transformer but NST's are fragile so the bad effects show up. Basically 
> the firing of an Async is at all different points on the sine wave so it 
> might allow the voltage to rise too high before it fires. 
>
> Mark



This brings up the question: WHY? use ARSGs? Is it THAT hard to convert to
SRSG? The cap would charge fully, and there is less chance of over-volting
components...
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Jonathon Reinhart
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