Re: Ballast

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>


Matt, NSTs are internally current limited by way of Shunts, you don't have 
to worry about Ballast :) Now, with anything else, you do, but NSTs and FITs 
are cool on their own.

>Original poster: "Matt Morrissette by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <yinzara-at-MIT.EDU>
>
>
>Ok, well I ve been studying up on the tesla coil and reading through some 
>of
>the past archives. I ve been reading that a form of ballast is needed in 
>the
>circuit.  Right now I have a stationary spark gap, MMC capacitor bank, 
>primary,
>secondary, and 12/60 transformer.  Do I really need a ballast and if so 
>when is
>the cheapest way of going about getting or making one.  Also I don t know
>exactly how to make the safety gap. What should I do for either of these?
>
>
>
>Matt





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