RE: Grounding Question

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Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au> 

Grounding everything to the RF ground (including the NST chassis) works for
me.

The only thing I have connected to the building safety earth on my coil is a
power surge filter (on the low volts side of the NST).

DO NOT make your strike rail a continuous loop. This is a shorted turn!

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Wednesday, 29 October 2003 06:38
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Grounding Question
 >
 >
 > Original poster: "EMMETT SECREST" <secrest2032-at-msn-dot-com>
 >
 > Hello All,
 > I am confused on the proper grounding for my first TC.  If
 > someone would be
 > so kind as to clear it up for me I would appreciate the help.
 > I know the
 > secondary RF ground should be a separate ground. Where I am
 > confused is the
 > ground for the safety gap on the Terry Filter.
 > 1.Does the Safety gap ground tie in with the secondary RF ground?
 >
 > 2.Also I have a ground to the NST from the 120VAC supply. Should this
 > ground also attach to the Safety Gap ground or should the
 > supply ground
 > stop at the NST housing.
 >
 > I apoligize for asking what is I'm sure a very basic question
 > of such a
 > learned group of people. But if you don't ask you don't learn.
 >
 > I considered not even running a ground to the NST from the
 > supply AC and
 > attaching the NSTchassis, RF,strike rail and Safety Gap grounds all
 > together. MY thinking was that that would protect everything
 > in case of a
 > primary strike from the secondary.
 >
 > 3. Does it matter if the strike rail is a continuos piece of
 > copper tubing?
 > I spliced the ends together to add better support to the
 > copper tubing.
 >
 > Thanks in advance to all who reply
 >
 > Emmett Secrest
 >
 >