Re: Advice on Grounding

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

the best way to ground in my small amount of experience is to drive a copper
pipe into the ground about 5' or so for a temporary measure it will make a
nice rf ground
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Subject: Advice on Grounding


> Original poster: "Patrick Leonard by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <transactoid-at-rogers-dot-com>
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> I have to present my coil to my physics class this coming monday. This
> introduces the problem of how to ground it.
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> Currently I just run it in my basement with the secondary and NST all
wired to
> the mains ground. From what I've read, this is a big no-no.  However, I've
> found it works very well and have not had any problems with interference.
Also,
> I only run the coil for very short "spurts" (ie, a few seconds - too much
> ozone/noise for an enclosed area), so perhaps this is why I've not seen
any
> problems.
>
> So basically, is this practice safe, considering I'm not running it for
any
> prolonged period of time?
>
> If not, any ideas how I could go about grounding it?
>
> Thanks,
> Patrick
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