Re: Safety gaps destroyed my Neon ?

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• Subject: Re: Safety gaps destroyed my Neon ?
• From: "Jeff Corr" <corr-at-enid-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 06:56:30 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

While your thought may have been true, you must also realize that
neon transformers in series DIE.  Most anyone on the list will
recommend that even identical units should not be in series.

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To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 7:22 PM
Subject: Safety gaps destroyed my Neon ?


>Original Poster: "Vivian Watts" <V.C.Watts-at-btinternet-dot-com>
>
>Hi All,
>    It has occurred to me that my safety gaps may have destroyed my Neon
>because they DID fire.  I had two 5KV Neons in anti-phase with a common
>ground (I couldn't remove the ground).  I had two safety gaps, one from
each
>HV leg to ground.  Also a further safety gap across my rotary - which did
>not fire.  My thoughts are, that say at a peak the Neons where producing
+/-
>5KV i.e. 10KV to the tank circuit.  With a bit of rise the voltage became
>say 15KV thats 7.5KV with respect to ground.  Now if ONE of the safety gaps
>fires to ground thus shorting one Neon, the tank capacitor at 15KV presents
>its full voltage across the second Neon (until that safety gap fires) and
so
>may have destroyed it.  The solution I think, should have been, not to have
>centre grounded safety gaps with a centre grounded Neon set-up.
>
>Thoughts anyone.
>
>regards
>
>Viv Watts (UK)
>
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