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Re: Arc length vs pwr




> Well that happens on each half cycle of primary ringdown during 
> energy transfer to the secondary. But bearing in mind that unless
> there is an external source of energy from somewhere, Vcp can not
> rise higher than it initially was before the gap fired can it?
> A cap with high ESR will suffer badly from running in an uncoupled 
> circuit as the dielectric heats and possibly hot-spots.
> 
> Malcolm 

It was my understanding that, at resonance, the voltage measured across
the supply transformer (neglecting kickback) would be Vs, but the voltages
measured across the inductive components individually could be many times
the supply voltage, and would be directly related to the circuit's 'Q'.

Steve Roys.