Re: Tank cap problem

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Frank,

Triggered gaps would basically act as a direct replacement for rotary sync
gaps.  

1.  They can be far more easily controlled and the dwell angle is a simple knob
adjustement.  

2.  They appear to have lower loss and thus allow more energy to go into the
streamers.

3.  They are very hot and have a lower and longer lasting on cycle.  This
lowers the gap loss and also lowers the zero crossing spikes which may help
reduce radio interference.  

4.  They are light, simple, cheap, and easy to make.

5.  They can be made virtually maintenance free and they "should" use less
power than a motor and have no moving parts.

The only real disadvantage is they are very new and all the answers about how
to best build them are not yet known.  However, everyone seems very pleased
with their performance no matter how they are built.

Cheers,

        Terry



At 11:10 AM 9/3/2001 -0400, you wrote: 

>
> Terry 
>             What would the value be for a triggered gap cause thats what im 
> going to be using? 
>
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>  -Frank