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need some help here!
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From: SBJohnston-at-aol-dot-com [SMTP:SBJohnston-at-aol-dot-com]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 1998 4:33 PM
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: need some help here!
DC Cox wrote:
>If you are going to run a 12 kV 30 ma xmfr your present tank
>cap value of.005 MFD will be a good match. Be sure to put
>the spark gap across the xmfr and run the cap in series with
>the primary tap. Do NOT put the cap directly across the xmfr
>and then run your spark gap in series with the primary tap --
> this is a great way to damage an NST
Well... the "great way to damage an NST" design sounds like the way my "dead
man's coil" is configured! Here's an attempt at a simplified ASCII
schematic of what I'm currently running...
RF choke gap
----- || -------0000--------+------> <------ out to primary top
|| |
|| - .02 uF
120 || - total
vac || |
in || -------------------+--------------- back from bottom
|| of primary and
|| earth ground
||
------|| ------ nc
15 kV 30 ma
transformer
Sounds like I should swap the gap for the caps. Do I understand correctly?
Steve Johnston
sbjohnston-at-aol-dot-com