Re: Grounded Primaries?

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Harvey,

On 16 Jun 01, at 12:46, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "harvey norris by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <harvich-at-yahoo-dot-com>
> 
> In some CSN references we see the possibility of a
> bare wire buried into the ground, also functioning as
> Teslas primary. Isnt there a problem trying to
> actually do this? Any informed comments from the rat
> pack? HDN Again...

You can expect considerable power losses in the partially conductive 
ground. 

Regards,
malcolm