Re: Cap Safety Question

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• Subject: Re: Cap Safety Question
• From: Adam <psycho-at-tradewind-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 11:45:05 -0600
• Approved: twf-at-verinet-dot-com

Tesla List wrote:

> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>
>
> Hi Adam,
>
>         If you ask around, most shocks coilers get are from partially
charged caps
> zapping them at one time or another.  So bleeder resistors are very useful
> especially since they do not affect performance in any way.
>
>         However, most Tesla coil setups will bleed down automatically
since the
> transformer is wired across the capacitor.  You can check this by removing
> the cap and using an ohmmeter check for resistance across the circuit where
> the cap was (with the power off, of course).  The transformer windings will
> probably measure around 5K ohm.  Of course, you may want to be double safe
> and use resistors too incase something goes wrong...
>

A lot of the documents that I've seen have the spark gap across the
transformer.  They
say it's better for NST preservation.  Your saying the opposite, which
seems to be the
classical design.  I'm just curious, what do you have to say about this?

Also, what effect does the resistor string have on normal Tesla Coil
operation?  Or is
it negligible?

Thanks a lot, that was one of the best answers I've ever gotten!
Adam

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