cap/spark gap

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Original poster: "Michael Ong" <omenowner725@xxxxxxxxxxx>

hello, i just had a quick question that i hoped someone could answer 
out there. i have view many tesla coil schematics and it seems like 
there are two ways of hooking the capacitor and spark gap. some 
schematics show that the spark gap is in parallel with the 
transformer and then the cap is hooked in series with the transformer 
and primary coil. others show the cap being in parallel with the 
transformer and the spark gap being in series with the transformer 
and primary coil. i was wondering what the difference in performance 
was. is one way (spark gap in parallel with the transformer) for 
center tapped transformers while the other way is for non ceter 
tapped ones? or does it really not matter? thanks again for all your 
help, with it i have gotten my first coil to shoot some 14" sparks 
and am making an tcbor gap so hopefully will get even better.