Re: Faraday cage

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

>>It sure would be cheaper and easier than building a

>>faraday cage.

> A couple of questions:


> If you took chicken wire and enclosed all 6 sides of

> your spark gap would it be considered a faraday cage?

	Yes.
	IF the edges are joined. (bonded).
	To be most effective, the leads thru the cage wall
	need some sort of filtering.  I would recommend
	enclosing the _motor_ (if motorized) and
	filtering THOSE leads as well.


> Is a faraday cage supposed to be isolated from ground or grounded?
	Yes.

	8)>>

	Speaking as one  who has engineered (and debugged) such:
		The physics are: it makes no difference.
	Practically, its usually easier to ground it, and has
	marginal safety improvements.

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