Re: sound question

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Original poster: "Alex Crow by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <alexcrow-at-blueyonder.co.uk>

Whoa!

*Don't* connect your SG and cap on their own to the NST. Aside from resonant 
rise possibly overvolting both NST and cap, the current of those bangs can 
destroy the cap's internal connections in short order. You need a load - eg a 
Tesla Coil - to limit the current!

Alex


On Monday 01 October 2001 05:58, Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <RQBauzon-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> Just yesterday, some guys at a neon sign shop allowed me to take a look
> at their NST's.  There were lots of them piled up the floor.  I took one,
> it was a 15/30.  It was my first "real" NST.  I connected it to my spark
> gap and cap, and when i turned it on, it sounded like heck on earth.  It
> was terrifying!  Is this normal?
>
>
>                                                             thanx guys,
>                                                             Me