Re: HV leaks

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

I would reconsider your wiring first - ther more sharp points (i.e. ends of
wire) that you get the more leaking you will get. Try to use either lead
free solder or just copper bus bars to connect all your gear up. I reckon
that the sparks were grounding through the table - a good way of testing
this would be to put the whole thing on a metal shet balanced on a PPP pipe
and connect a Hi-Volt meter up to it and the ground... just an idea but make
sure nothing';s touching the metal sheet!!!

Jason

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Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 3:07 PM
Subject: HV leaks


> Original poster: "jpeakall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<jpeakall-at-mcn-dot-org>
>
> Howdy All,
>
> I have been running a small coil on an obit. I have had it breadborded
> (spewed around like noodles) on a wooden bench. Today I moved it onto a
> glass surface, and when running it in the dark, I now get small sparks
when
> I touch the variac, obviously from the secondary, as the sparks are
> painless. I am looking into filters, and also want to know why this
prroblem
> started after I moved onto glass. Was the wood bench grounding off the
leak
> before?
>
> Thanks all,
>
> Jonnathan Peakall
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