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Re: Tesla Twin





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Date: Fri, 03 Oct 1997 18:26:09 -0400
From: "Edward J. Wingate" <ewing7-at-frontiernet-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Tesla Twin

Tesla List wrote:
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> > base of the secondaries. It will be interesting to see if your new
> > system works without it! Good luck.
> >
> > Safe coiling,
> >
> > Ed Wingate
> 
> Ed,
> Have you ever contemplated disconnecting BOTH grounds and
> direct-wiring the bases of the scondaries together? This is the
> arrangement that Malcolm was describing, and I can vouch for the fact
> that at least in a table-top system it works better than the grounded
> system... although I am somewhat wary of approaching the top of
> either secondary with anything that IS grounded.
> 
> Fr. Tom McGahee

Tom,

Both grounds? I have both secondaries connected together with welding
cable and grounded from the center point of that cable. When I
disconnect the ground the two secondaries are still tied together at
their bases. I guess I wasn't specific enough in the last post. The
system barely operates when the ground is disconnected. I also use a
primary for each secondary and tie them together through transmission
lines to a common tank circuit.

Ed Wingate