Re: Strike Rail Yes? No?

["Finn Hammer" <f-hammer-at-post5.tele.dk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Greg!, all:

This was discussed by Terry and Malcolm earlier this year, and to
confirm the outcome of the discussion to myself, I tried to discharge
the coil directly to the caps, photo of this daring experiment is here:

http://home5.inet.tele.dk/f-hammer/caparc.jpg

This was posted 10-05-2000 under the subject Rubar, should have been
Roo-bar (did I get it right this time, Mark?)

Basically, since the energy from the topload to the cap already
originates from the same cap, with losses subtracted, it can never
charge the cap to a higher potential than it was before, so it should be
safe.

EE types can figure this out in their minds, I had to see it to beleive
it.

Cheers, Finn Hammer

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Gregory R. Hunter" <ghunter-at-accucomm-dot-net>
> 
> Fellow Coilers,
> 
> What's the latest wisdom on strike rails?  Are they needed or not?  I'm
> asking because I have just begun work on my all new 6" x 30" Tesla coil,
> and I'm trying to decide if I need a strike rail or not.  I remember some
> postings awhile back suggesting that strike rails were old hat and no
> longer required.  This will be a "generic" coil of conventional design for
> use with various power supplies ranging from 1600VA of NSTs on up to 4 or
> 5KVA of pole xfmer input.
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Greg Hunter
> www.angelfire-dot-com/ga3/tesla