RE: Best cap size for a sync gap

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com> 

I doubt that the nature of the load is significant, as the charging is done 
before the gap fires and the load is connected.

I think the issue may be that the "recommended" value may have been derived 
from simulations which do not take into account the non-linear behavior of 
the NST when the volume is set to "11".

BTW, there was a typo in my original post.  The line:
If I calculate the relative bang size with a simple scale-less formula of
C*V*V (mV*uF*uF), I get
Should have read:
If I calculate the relative bang size with a simple scale-less formula of
C*V*V (uF*mV*mV), I get

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA



 >Original poster: Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com
 >
 >Hi Gary,
 >
 >     Interesting observations. Perhaps the non-inductive, non-oscillatory
 >nature of the load makes a difference?
 >
 >Matt D.