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Re: new secondary problems
From: Alfred A. Skrocki[SMTP:alfred.skrocki-at-cybernetworking-dot-com]
Sent: Thursday, November 27, 1997 10:42 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: new secondary problems
On Tuesday, November 18, 1997 3:34 PM kevin
[SMTP:wawa-at-spectra-dot-net] wrote;
> 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?
Apparently your secondary has an appreciable amount of distributed
capacitance! You keep getting shocked due to the capacitance of the
secondary. The reason you keep getting shocked is because when a capacitor
discharges it tends to over swing and then it has a slightly smaller but
opposite charge. Each time you discharge the cap by touching the coil it is
again left with a bit smaller but opposite charge until eventually it's
charge will be too small for you to notice it's effect.
Sincerely
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