Re: Step up transformer earth

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

Paul,

I connect the HV centre tap of my neon to RF ground, and I would do the same
for the MOT system. The reason for this is that I use a filter network and
if the potential across the 2 grounds was different then the caps on the
network may well be overrated.

Best regards,
Jason

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Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 3:23 PM
Subject: Step up transformer earth


> Original poster: "Paul Arrowsmith by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <p_t_arrowsmith-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> I am powering a coil with a NST that has the center tap (case) connected
to
> mains earth. On my other coil I am using 4 X MOT,s with the secondarys in
> series, where the two inner transformers join is also connected to the
house
> wiring earth. Should I be connecting these points to my dedicated RF/Tesla
> earth instead? I have never experienced a problem with grounding this way
> but want to ensure that my grounding is safe.
> Paul A.
>
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