Re: My variac bites =0

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Original poster: "Jason Petrou by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Terry,

I tried to connect a ground rod to the variac... i think it is more likely
that I am actually picking up RF much like a tesla reciever :) I must adjust
my tuning so I get streamers coming off my nose!!!

Best regards,
Jason
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Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: My variac bites =0


> Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Jason,
>
> RF may be getting back to the variac.  This may be due to the secondary of
> the coil not being grounded well enough.
>
> You can attach the variac frame to a small extra ground rod.  That will
> drain the voltage too.
>
> It is also possible that your body is close enough to the coil that "you"
> are picking up the high voltage RF fields.  Touching the variac is just
> like touching the ground.  Only moving further back really helps that.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
>
> At 05:38 PM 11/22/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hi all,
> >
> >My variac is grounded to the mains ground. On firing up the coil, it
becomes
> >very live. The ground does work ( I measured continuity between the earth
> >socket on the plug and the case) but as soon as I fire up the coil it
> >becomes live. Its fine, so long as I only touch the plastic handle...
> >
> >The coil is grounded to 3x 3' copper ground pipes on a 10m bit of ground
> >wire, as is the strike rail, strike rod and neon ground, as well as the
> >filter.
> >
> >Any thoughts???
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Jason
> >
>
>
>