RE: Terry's DRSSTC - Strike Rail

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx>

Terry,

That 1/2" split is probably to little.  I have captured corona discharge
(via photos) between the ends of my strike rail with a 2 inch gap on my
DRSSTC system.  I'm using about 4 inches of gap right now.

Any reason you chose to use a flat primary design as opposed to solenoid
type.  You probably did mention this before, but i haven't been reading
the list too much lately.

Thanks

Dan



>Hi Dave,
>
>At 11:24 PM 3/6/2005, Terry Fritz wrote:
>>Terry,  Your strike rail looks like a shorted turn.  At least in your
>>picture it looks that way.   I'm supprized that that would be
>okay with a
>>DRSSTC.  Won't that suck up a bunch of power and mess with
>the coupling
>>to
>>the secondary?
>
>It is split with about a 1/2 inch gap in the very front
>center.  There is
>plastic tubing over the ends to help support it.