pole xfmr safety gap

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

Hello all!

I have been thinking about my coil lately (which has not really been 
officially run yet) and I have a question. 
I am running one side of the coil grounded. I would like to know if I need to 
put the transformer safety gap AT the xfmr, or if I can just put it at the 
incoming line at the coil proper. I'd kind of like to put it on the coil. I 
will also have a lightning arrestor mounted to the transformer, but I would 
like that to be a backup, rather than shorten the life of the MOVs inside. 
Thanks for any info!

Chris W