Re: Strike Rail Yes? No?

[FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

In a message dated 7/28/00 7:35:35 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> 
>  Original poster: "Ross Overstreet" <ross-o-at-mindspring-dot-com> 
>  
>  I quit using them on NST-powered, MMC coils and haven't had any problems.  
I
>  get primary strikes all the time with absolutely no ill effects.  I don't
>  even use safety gaps, just a small amount of RC filtering after the NST.  I
>  haven't seen many strike rails on professional Tesla Coils and they seem to
>  live.
>  Cheers,
>  Ross-O

Ross,

True,  although I recently posted that it may be safer to use them,
I don't actually use them on my coils, and I've had no problems.

Cheers,
John Freau