Re: A few quick questions....

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Kidd6488-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 2/4/01 03:10:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 


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> 3. Positioning of the NST. I'm thinking of putting the MMC etc under the 
> primary and secondary coils as in the most popular TC designs but was 
> wondering if there are any undesireable effects of having all this equipment 
> sitting in the magnetic field of the primary ? Particularly a huge lump of 
> soft iron in the form of the NST !  If the NST is under the coil so that the 
> mains leads run across the floor has anyone had a secondary strike the mains 
> leads ? At the moment I'm leaning towards having the NST and NST protection 
> filter at a distance from the coil and running the EHT leads across the 
> floor.... 



yes, good idea to keep the NST away from your pri/sec.  Not only will it be 
protected from direct hits,  NSTs usually perform better, (and from what i've 
heard from people who learned the hard way :-|  ) last longer. 

Good Luck, 
Jonathon Reinhart 

P.S. It's OK to have your MMC beneath your Pri/Sec 

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