Re: Primary tank cap across an NST, was Re: Awsome first light !! but...

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Jason,

With the filter in there too, things are faily safe.  I was thinking of
just the NST and primary cap where resonate rise would destroy things in a
second.  There is a little risk of core saturation with a really large cap.

Cheers,

	Terry
 

At 11:24 AM 8/2/2001 +0100, you wrote:
>Terry,
>
>> Never connect the primary cap to the NST by itself.
>> Be careful when adjusting the gaps so you don't shock yourself.
>
>I have connected my primary tank cap across an NST many times. I used it to
>test out all the cap strings - make sure they were all ok. I used your
>filter between the tank and the NST, and there hasn't even bean a squeak
>from the tranny. The safety gap fires like mad - Its set to about 12KV on a
>10KV NST. After the cap, I connected a jacob's ladder, which promptly
>melted. I ask what harm can it do, so long as you use a filter to stop
>resonant rise with the transformer and cap bank, and with an SG and MOVs to
>stop overvoltage???
>
>Thanks,
>Jason
>