Re: Safety gap, was capacitor help

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Original poster: Esondrmn@xxxxxxx 

Malcolm,

The main gap is usually physically located near the primary and 
primary capacitor, in order to keep the tank circuit connections as 
short as possible.  The transformer is usually located from a foot or 
two to several feet away.  Often, the designer has connected 
resistors or other protection devices between the tank circuit and 
the transformer.  The safety gap is normally very near the 
transformer and connected right across the high voltage terminals - 
before those connections go any where else.

Ed Sonderman

In a message dated 12/16/2005 6:30:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
I still don't understand.  How does the safety gap in parallel with the
regular spark gap help any unless it's connected to something else as well?