From: "Barton B. Anderson"
Date: Sun, 05 May 2002 15:57:49 +0000
Subject: Re: [TSSP] Secondary voltage stress factor
Paul, Paul wrote: > Q to all: Do racing arcs tend to occur before topload breakout, > as the power is turned up, or do they appear at the same time? > I think I may have asked this before, perhaps someone could > remind me? In my experience, breakout has occured first. As the power was increased, racing arcs started. > And concerning strikes that hit the secondary, do these occur > only when the top is breaking out? Ive had this happen (although it's been a few years). Sparks were breaking out and a few strikes curved back to the secondary (1/4 down from top) shorting a couple turns. I presumed this was due to running out of tune at the time. Bart
Maintainer Paul Nicholson, paul@abelian.demon.co.uk.