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Re: new secondary problems
From: Chip Atkinson[SMTP:chip-at-XiG-dot-com]
Reply To: Chip Atkinson
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 1997 9:05 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: new secondary problems
Welcome to coiling! :-)
Here's my theory: The insulation of the wire gets charged up during
operation. The wire is one plate of a capacitor, the insulation is the
dielectric, and, unfortunately, you are the other plate. When you touch
the secondary, you collect the static charge on the dielectric, just like
the plate of a capacitory.
I believe that the large DC component in TC operation that Richard Hull
explored is what charges the thing. It's quite a pleasure to grab a
charged secondary with both hands and get a jolt through the chest.
Ahh... makes you appreciate life. :-)
So, how do you fix the problem? I fix it by wiping the coil form with a
flexible grounded wire. You don't have to wipe every square millimeter,
just a cursory wiping seems to work fine for me. You can experiment and
find how much/little wiping it needs.
Chip
On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Tesla List wrote:
>
> From: kevin[SMTP:wawa-at-spectra-dot-net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 1997 3:34 PM
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: new secondary problems
>
> i just wound a new 6" secondary. i tested it out and it worked great.
> then i wanted to take everything apart and bring it inside. well, when i
> touched the upper half of the secondary i got shocked. i keep touching
> it and i keep getting shocked, it isn't even connected to the rest of my
> coil anymore, it is in my room. why do i keep getting shocked?
>
>
>
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