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Re: What gets connected to RF ground?



Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

 >          You ground your variac housing to your neutral wire. All other
 > coil controls, relay housings, control xfrmr cores, line RFI filters (run
 > backwards) are grounded to the variac housing. Strap is taken from the
 > variac housing to a well grounded water pipe. This protects the coil
 > operator and the control circuits from kickback that may come down the
line
 > from the step up xfrmr.

NEVER EVER ground anything to the neutral wire!!!!!  The only time neutral
is ever connected to ground is inside your load panel.
The neutral wire is return only for the hot wire.

The Captain