Re: Strike Rail

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: Strike Rail
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2000 12:16:27 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

In a message dated 3/30/00 7:30:52 AM Pacific Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> 
>  I was thinking that a high powered system may be better off with a strike 
> rail.
>  Would either of you say a high powered (14.4kv/694mA pole pig driver) 
strike 
> to
>  the primary have no ill effects on the cap? It just seems a 1.6MVp-p 
strike 
> may
>  find it's way across the gap to the cap and possibly back to the 
transformer.
> 
>  Does the low impedance of the primary actually stop this from occurring
>  regardless of power levels? 
>  
>  Bart 

Bart,

Yes, I don't think it would matter how high the power level is.  A safety
gap should be used too, to shunt the voltage to ground.

Cheers,
John Freau

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