Re: NST failures

["Malcolm Watts" <M.J.Watts-at-massey.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi John,

On 4 Aug 00, at 11:26, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com 
> 
> In a message dated 8/3/00 5:45:28 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
> writes:
> 
> > Running the transformers with minimal lead lengths 
> >  is now the only way I run them and I haven't lost any (no 
> >  filters, safety's etc. for the several years I've been doing 
> >  this. To prove the point I once smoked another type of 
> >  transformer (which up until that time had performed 
> >  flawlessly) when on the one occasion I ran a twisted pair for 
> >  a couple of metres from the transformer to the gap. 
> >  
> >  
> >  Regards,
> >  Malcolm
> 
> Malcolm,
> 
> In my sync gap coils that use NST power, I always used no more
> than 12" of wiring from NST to tank.  Do you think 12" is within the
> safe limit?  Maybe this is why I've had no failures even when 
> running resonant charging with the sync gaps while getting 42"
> sparks from a 12/30 NST, using only safety gaps for protection.
> I wonder if the folks who have had failures were using much 
> longer HV leads from the NST?

12" is about the maximum length I use, equal on both legs. 
This seems to work well for me.

Regards,
malcolm