Re: [TCML] RF GROUND EXPERIMENTS

[bartb <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

jimlux wrote:
> Yes.. Definitely to secondary bottom (with short direct wire).. also 
> should be connected to electrical safety ground (so that if something 
> shorts to the ground screen, like a HV wire, you don't have a safety 
> hazard).
Hi Jim,

I would argue the mains ground connection. By connecting the 
counterpoise to the safety ground, your going to be throwing all the 
garbage from the coil back to the house (attempt at filtering or not). I 
understand the safety concern, but considering the application at hand, 
there are a lot of safety concerns beyond this one. I would consider 
this concern no different than the others. I see no reason to bring in 
all that garbage back to mains ground in a Tesla Coil application. I 
think a coiler is better off being aware of the HV hazard and dealing 
with it as he/she would with all other HV hazards.

Hot primary possibility = don't touch until cap is discharged. Charged 
cap possibility = discharge before touch. Counterpoise goes hot with HV 
wire = disconnect everything before going near the coil and discharge 
the screen before touching. I realize we all have our opinions, but I 
know that I won't be connecting a counterpoise to mains ground and I 
won't recommend to others to do this. The main reason is that "most" 
counterpoise uses are forced (going on the road or stuck in an 
apartment). In either case, the last thing you want to do is kill other 
peoples appliances. It's one thing to kill your own pc, Xbox, or 
whatever, but far worse to kill someone else's. Just my opinion on this 
matter.

Take care,
Bart
_______________________________________________
Tesla mailing list
Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla