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Re: Unexpected Shock From TC
It was the secondary, I short those caps before trying to blow a finger off.
Thanks for you help.
Have a great evening.
Bill Langston
Tesla List wrote:
> Original Poster: Brent L Caldwell <stretchmonster-at-juno-dot-com>
>
> To Bill Langston, and all coilers:
>
> I noticed in your post that you (Bill) wrote that you got a shock by
> touching the TC long after it was turned off. I know of two reasons why
> this might happens, and how to fix each of them.
> One cause is that the tank capacitor can hold quite a charge
after the
> coil is shut off. It usually bleeds off through the circuit after a few
> seconds, maximum. However, according to Terry Fritz, if some connection
> in the circuit is disconnected, this bleeding off may not happen. Ask
> around for ideas about bleeder resistors across the tank capacitor, and
> other ways to fix this.
> More likely, though, is that the secondary can hold a charge,
too. I'm
> not sure if it has to do with the self capacitance of the coil, or the
> varnish on it, or what. However, I know that most big coils I have seen
> could give quite a zap if you touched the secondary, even several minutes
> after operation. Usually, the operator would take a grounded wire and
> touching it to the secondary to remedy this.
>
> Again, just thoughts of mine.
>
> Brent
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