Re: Equidrive - was New Lab ..

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 5/20/01 6:51:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol.
> com>
>  
>  hi all, 
>  about equidrive..thats where u've got the main gap parallel to the power 
>  supply (like usual) and instead of one cap, there is one on each side... 
>  
>             -----------,---------| |------\ 
>                       O  SG          / 
>  NST                O                 \  Primary 
>             -----------`---------| |------/ 
>  
>  does any body else still use this setup? I haven't seen it for a while. 
what 
> 
>  are the avantages/disadvantages to this? 
>  
>  --------------------------------------- 

Jonathon,

some folks use it but there is no real advantage.  I've tried it;
results were the same as usual.  A disadvantage is that you 
have to discharge your caps with a metal wand every time
you run the coil, because the caps will hold a dangerous 
charge.

John Freau