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Re: 300 bbs



Original poster: Bart Anderson <classi6-at-classictesla-dot-com> 

That sounds like it was non-sync gap as well?

Take care,
Bart

Tesla list wrote:

>Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
>
>I'm not sure of the exact failure mechanism, but we had two fail within 10
>minutes even when protected with a Terry filter.  We were testing them at
>500 pps in a worse case scenario..  The same circuit ran for 2.25 hrs
>continuous at 120 pps without any problems on the same model xmfr --- all 3
>used in the test were new units.
>
>Dr. Resonance
>
> >
> > Why would an NST care what the bang-rate is?  What would the failure
> > mechanism be for a too-high bang-rate?  The only failure modes I'm aware
> > of are excessive terminal voltages, caused by mains resonant rise from a
> > too-wide static gap, and _possibly_ NST secondary overcurrent, though
> > this would be difficult to prove.
> >
> > Gary Lau
> > MA, USA
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