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Re: The infamous (and odoriferous?) Fair Radio cap
Ed
I'm pretty sure that grounding anything on the high-voltage side to mains earth
is
a big no-no from what I've heard.
The cases, centre of the two safety gaps,, centre of the two filter caps,
should
all go to your RF ground or counterpoise. The base of the secondary should also
go
to this ground.
Alex
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: "Seekins" <seeked-at-sover-dot-net>
>
> Hi,
> I've been reading the list for a while, and thanks to some assistance from
the
> distinguished fellow list member Mr.. Cressler;;;;;, I'm at the point having
> what I need to assemble a TC or two.
> I received the ever popular Fair Radio 100kV dc capacitor in the mail today
> (they got some more in), and... as my son and I were going through the box,
we
> noticed an odd smell that resembled some kind of mix of mint, and oregano.
> After whiffing our way through the box, thinking it was the ink on the
> newspaper used to cushion, .. it turned out to be the cap. It has a strong
> odor.
> I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this, and/or would care to take a
> stab at what it might be from... (the thing has a waxy feel to it in a chalky
> kind of way (?)).
> (given the amount we inhaled during the odor identification phase, I hope no
> one responds with "oh, that sounds like the classic smell of PCBs").
>
> On a different note,
> A quick (and probably dumb) question:
> I've read a lot about making sure there is a good dedicated RF ground, and to
> make sure that the "house" ground is not involved (which makes pretty good
> sense to me).
> And that the center tap/case of a neon (or bank of neons) should be grounded
to
> the RF ground.
> My question is: where should the house ground stop. I'm assuming I will run
it
> through and ground the case of the variac with the house ground,.... and
then,
> should it be connected to the case/C.T. of the neon too?
>
> Any responses would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Ed.