Re: Primary Strikes, how serious/bad?

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com>

Hi Jonathan, 
        Strike rails are unnecessary in the same sense that safety harnesses 
in race cars are unnecessary: You only miss having it once in a lifetime 
(your coil's lifetime, in this case) 
Matt D. 

In a message dated 7/20/01 6:16:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


>
> Original poster: "brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" < 
> ka1bbg1-at-mcttelecom-dot-com> 
>
> Hi, sounds like its time to get a piece of 3/8 copper and make a strike 
> ring! and yes it will destroy your caps and NST easily! cul brian f. 
>
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> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 7:56 PM 
> Subject: Primary Strikes, how serious/bad? 
>
>
> > Original poster: "jpeakall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
> <jpeakall-at-mcn-dot-org> 
> > 
> > Howdy All, 
> > 
> > Finally built a bigger torrid and got it tuned right. However, the 
> increased 
> > sparks are hitting parts of the primary circuit with fair regularity. I 
> have 
> > a Fritz RF filter and a carcom filter. Am I gonna toast my NST? Or will I 
> > blow up things connected to the AC mains? 
> > 
> > Thanks, 
> > 
> > Jonathan Peakall