RE: Ground for secondary

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Original poster: "Vanderputten, Gary by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gvp-at-pvaintl-dot-com>

Dear apartment dweller. 

Be careful and do not, do not ground the secondary to the outlet/mains
ground. If you do you may damage electronic equipment in yours and your
neighbor's homes. 
I live in an apartment and can ground to a significant sewer and water
supply pipes, but even my 15" 1000 w coil fried my computer (it recovered).
Hence, I no longer fire it up inside.

Does wonders for the cable reception as well.


Good luck

Gary

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Subject:	Ground for secondary

Original poster: "Shaun R. Phelps by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <shaun-at-visorloop-dot-com>

Hi.

I live in an apartment and hence, cannot find a good RF ground for my
secondary coil.  I'm wondering if there is any danger to the wiring in this
apartment if I simply ground the coil to the ground on the electrical plug.
I'm using a 9Kv 60mA and a (12) beer bottle cap.

Any comments/advice is much appreciated.

Shaun.