Re: Inter-Primary Arcing?

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Original poster: "S.Gaeta by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <sgtporky-at-prodigy-dot-net>

Hi Erik,

Do you have a lot of extra unused turns in the primary?
I have found that if I do anything that requires me to tap in beyond three
turns, I get arcing (loud!!!) between the last primary turn and the strike
rail due to auto transformer effect.

Sue

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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:00 AM
Subject: Inter-Primary Arcing?


> Original poster: "Erik Byng by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<e_byng-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>
> Ok, just like the subject says, I've been getting some arcing between the
> primary turns, non-constant, just at odd intervals.  Causes the Cap saftey
> gap to fire, then resumes normal, then repeats.
>
> The thing is, I've been fooling around with toploads a bit, and this
little
> problem only appears with a specific toroid mounted.  Non of the other
> setups do this, even when tuned exactly the same.
>
> Any thoughs?
>
> Erik.
>
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