RE: Grounding

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Original poster: "Oxandale, Terry by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Toxandale-at-SPP-dot-org>

I had severe arcing from the primary winding to the secondary winding
whenever I left the ground wire off of the coil, BUT, if the ground wire
was connected to the coil, but not connected to the ground rod outside
(about 30 feet of wire over the garage floor) the coil operated as if
the ground was completed to the rod outside. 

(un)Terry

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> From: 	Tesla list[SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, January 16, 2001 8:43 AM
> To: 	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: 	Grounding
> 
> Original poster: "Corey May by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <cbmay-at-home-dot-com>
> 
> Hello, I have a question that I was wondering. What were to happen is
> you were
> to forget about grounding the secondary coil....just leaving the first
> wraped
> wire where it ends. My last wrap is expoxyed on and I was planing to
> cut it
> close to the formed so there would be no wire hanging loose on the
> end....good
> idea or bad? Thanks
>  
> Corey
> 
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