RE: Solid State Tesla Coil - Mysterious Electrical Shocks

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>

Dan,

The short answer is no - the em fields affect the soggy nature of the
controller.
 - you are linked by a capacitor to your toriod. Its only a few pf but it
still means 
that you get charged up and when you touch earth - zap - I've had tiny
burns to 
my finger tips this way. Conventional coils can do this too.

Glad to hear the big SSTC is working again.

Alan Sharp 


>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, the big SSTC is working again.  Had to replace a lot
of parts, repair my board considerably - especially remove a lot of soot,
but it is working again at up to 240VAC.  I won't dare venture any higher
until i get some higher voltage replacement parts for some components.  Plus
i need to monitor more closely the full bridge circuit and see if their are
any transient voltage spikes at the FETs and other components.

Dan




I was operating my larger Solid State Tesla Coil last night and as I had
one
hand on my control box turning the unit on and off, I experienced a rather
nasty tingling shock on my fingers.  I made checks on the control box and
everything is grounded and terminated correctly.  

Could this be a result of the large EM fields affecting the mettalic nature
of the control box???

Thanks
Dan
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