double checking before first run

[CTCDW-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hello all!

I am nearly ready to fire up my first pole transformer powered coil. I have a 
few last minute questions and clarifications....Most of these questions were 
answered already, but just in case I didn't get it all.. :)

Rather than having a "floating" HV coil in the pole xfmr I have elected to 
ground one whole side of the system. As I understand it, this would mean that 
one bushing of the xfmr, and one side of the SRSG,  the innermost turn of the 
primary, and the base of the secondary would all go to ground. The tap point 
of the primary would then go to the caps which are on the other side of the 
circuit, and are attatched to the other side of the SRSG and the xfmr. Safety 
gaps everywhere, of course.

I realize that this is a bit "wordy" ,however its the best description I can 
come up with .   

One of the issues that comes to mind is that having the base of the sec, and 
inside turn of the primary connected together (to ground) is something like 
an oudin coil...what's the difference here? Is that connection in an oudin 
coil not grounded? 

Also, in starting up my SRSG, which hasn't been given a powered run yet, Is 
there a way that I can get the sync phase close without 2kVA across it? 
Please excuse me if these issues have been dealt with, but I just got back to 
the list after a lightning strike took our modem. Its been 2 months, and no, 
I didn't cause the lightning strike :)~

thanks as always for your time, everyone!

Chris