At 12.33 2010.01.20, you wrote:
>The capacitor is also part of the LC circuit formed by the discharge capacitor 
>and the primary of the high voltage transformer. The LC circuit will produce  
>some ringing which in turn may give a longer duration for the spark. 

And the ESR will directly affect the Q of the system, thus the spark duration..


>The ESR is so low compared to other impedances in the circuir during the 
>discharge so I don't think it will matter too much for the timing. Use a low 
>ESR to keep temperature rise to a minimum. This may be a problem depending on 
>how often you need to produce a spark.

Racing, high RPM 2 stroke engine.. and anyway I'd like to play with multispark,
so.. ;)

Cheers,
Mario

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