Re: My variac bites =0

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Original poster: "S.Gaeta by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sgtporky-at-prodigy-dot-net>

Jason,

I don't mean this to be insulting, but it is YOU that is becomming "live".
OK, to word this better, when your coil is running YOU are hot! - Now that's
a compliment not comming from a guy :-).

Conductive objects that are not bonded to ground can become charged up. Do
not bond yourself to ground- this is very very dangerous!

My solution was to move further back from the coil and tape a spray paint
can cover over the variac dial. This stopped me from getting zapped from the
set screws.

Sue
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Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 1:17 PM
Subject: My variac bites =0


> Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
>
> Hi all,
>
> My variac is grounded to the mains ground. On firing up the coil, it
becomes
> very live. The ground does work ( I measured continuity between the earth
> socket on the plug and the case) but as soon as I fire up the coil it
> becomes live. Its fine, so long as I only touch the plastic handle...
>
> The coil is grounded to 3x 3' copper ground pipes on a 10m bit of ground
> wire, as is the strike rail, strike rod and neon ground, as well as the
> filter.
>
> Any thoughts???
>
> Best regards,
> Jason
>
>
>