Re: Grounding my TC

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Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr@xxxxxxx>

Hey Steven...

ummm   no   use a dedicated ( seperate) ground rod to ground out the bottom 
of the secondary, safety gap, strike ring...   if you use the common ground 
of the house wiring you will damage all sorts of things in the 
house....    you have to think of the voltage differentials that are 
created between the coil and the rest of the "house" stuff...

if you use the "house" ground, it will appear to be a hi voltage supply to 
the rest of the lower voltage items in the house...

a basic run down on "house" wiring is      the "hot" ( 120 VAC) from the 
box is the supply to the stuff in the house,  the neutral is the return leg 
to complete the circuit. In most cases, the neutral and ground IS THE SAME 
WIRE ...    the neutral has to go to ground somewhere and if you look 
closely at a power supply pole, the neutral is hooked to a copper wire that 
goes to ground at the pole ( you will find that copper wire running down 
the pole to a ground rod at the base of the pole)

By using a dedicated ground for your coil, you reduce the "ground" 
resistance between the coil and the ground out there by the pole...   in 
effect giving the current a shorter less resisted path to find 
"ground".    by using the house ground , you increase the resistance and 
electricity luvs the path of least resistance... so it will seek out the 
shortest route to ground...   usually thru the TV, Computer, VCR etc...

I once tried to do the non-dedicated ground once and the results were 
"spectacular" but very bad...   There were sparks arcing thru the sockets 
that were wired to that one circuit...   didnt last long... but long enuf 
to blow the breakers and cause damage to the sockets..

Scot D



Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Steven Steele" <sbsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Instead of hooking my TC up to a grounding plate(whatever it's called), 
> would it be a good idea to just run it directly to the ground plug in the 
> wall? or would that cause every other apliance that I have plugged into 
> the ground to strat arcing everywhere?
>
> Steven Steele