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Re: Primary shield (fwd)
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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:02:07 -0700
From: "Antonio C. M. de Queiroz" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Primary shield (fwd)
Bart wrote:
> I'm not certain the acrylic would stop the strikes from
> arcing right through. Anyone else know about acrylics ability to stop these
> voltages at say 1/4"?
You would need tens of MV to break 1/4" acrylic. Considering the bottom of
the secondary grounded, I see only serious possibility of arcing due to excess
voltage in the primary, at the inner side, if it is too close to the secondary,
or if a spark hits the shield and tracks its surface to the hole in the shield,
and from there to one of the coils.
A simple srike rail is probably enough.
Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
http://www.coe.ufrj.br/~acmq