RE: All pain no gain

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Original poster: "Garry Freemyer by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <garry-at-ndfc-dot-com>

I wonder if trying to ground it to the metal faucet would be better than
hooking to the mains in my case where all the pipes are plastic and there is
no "Yard" to drive a pipe in. In my case it's an apartment. Output sparks
are about 30" and I've not have any trouble yet. If it were any bigger
output I would probably not run it at all.

I thought I read something like it wasn't a good ground, but maybe it's
better than nothing?

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Subject: Re: All pain no gain


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

>Snip

>Hi Nate,The bottom of the secondary should be well connected to a dedicated
RF ground, NOT the mains. To do otherwise compromises safety and greatly
increases mains-bourne noise.

>Snip.