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Primary shield (fwd)





---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 15:07:30 +0300
From: Marco Denicolai <marco-at-vistacom.fi>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Primary shield

One question is bothering me: this might be a stupid one...
Because I have read often that a discharge from the secondary stroke the
primary and damaged something, isn't it possible to shield the primary
with a sheet of acryl (or other plastic)?

I tought to cover the primary with a sheet of 5 mm acryl plastic and, on
the top of it, place the strike rail.

Could it possibly work?

               -----------
              |           |         toroid
               -----------
                |       |
                |       |
                |       |
                |       |
          *     |       |     *     strike rail
         ------------------------   acryl shield 
          * * * |       | * * *     primary (3 turns shown)
       ---------------------------- coil base




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