RE: Best cap size for a sync gap

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

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 >There is a possible fly in the ointment and by proxy, load dependency
 >which is not that obvious. Consider that the cap charging current is
 >running through the lamp filaments and that the resistance of these
 >is temperature-dependent. Your thoughts?
 >
 >Malcolm

The 3 lamps are each rated 120V 500W, hot resistance calculates out to
28.8 Ohms each.  This is tiny compared with the resistance in the
protection network, secondary resistance, etc.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA