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Series or parallel? (fwd)
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From: Basura, Brian D [SMTP:Brian.Basura-at-unistudios-dot-com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 1998 12:18 PM
To: 'Tesla List'
Subject: RE: Series or parallel? (fwd)
Hello,
What if you are running multiple NST's in parallel. Should the NST's
secondary be connected together then to the resistors/inductors or
should each NST have it's own protection?
Thanks,
Brian D. Basura
USITG - Manager, Technical Support
(818) 777-0979
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> From: Tesla List[SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 1998 6:48 PM
> To: 'Tesla List'
> Subject: Series or parallel? (fwd)
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> From: D.C. Cox [SMTP:DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net]
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 1998 1:04 PM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: Series or parallel? (fwd)
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> to: Tim
>
> Running the cap in parallel with the power source and the spark gap in
> series (like most schematics show) is the best possible way to insure
> the
> reasonably quick death of your NST. Always run the gap (stationary or
> rotary) in parallel with the NST and the cap in series with the
> adjustable
> primary tap. Be sure to use some protection between your NST and the
> gap
> (on each leg) to prevent any spikes kicking back. 500-1000 Ohms of
> resistance in series with a small air core inductor works fine.
>
> DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
>
>
>
>
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> > From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > To: 'Tesla List' <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Subject: Series or parallel? (fwd)
> > Date: Saturday, February 07, 1998 12:33 AM
> >
> >
> > Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 19:00:39 -0700
> > From: Tim Dempsey <tdempsey-at-easley-dot-net>
> > To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> > Subject: Series or parallel?
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I've seen several references to running tesla coils is a series
> circuit
> > as follows:
> >
> > neon secondary--cap--tesla primary--neon secondary
> >
> > Would the spark gap be placed across the cap and the tesla primary
> and
> > what are the advantages of running a coil in this fashsion or am I
> > misunderstanding ? Most schematics I've seen show the cap in
> parallel
> > with the neon and the spark gap inbetween one leg of the cap and
> tesla
> > primary. Also, I would like to know where the strike rail for the
> > primary connects into the circuit? Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
> > New coiler
> >
> > Tim Dempsey
> >
> > tdempsey -at-easley-dot-net
> >
> >
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