RE: Slighty zapped from metal casing

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> 


For a SSTC coil this would be considered very normal.  For a spark gap
coil, i would say
very abnormal unless you were using a variac very close to the coil
(within a couple of feet).
The fact you say both variacs give you tiny shocks kind of eliminates
the probability of a loose
wire or short internal to the variacs.  So, it may be due to high field.
If thats the case, it may be
because your coil is out of tune.  Slightly out of tune coils tend to
radiate more than tuned coils.

Dan


 > I am gradually getting the hang of turning up power and
 > adjusting my SRSG .
 > I'm still scared to turn it up all the way, and am unnerved because I
 > sometimes get tiny shocks from the casing of both variacs on
 > the way to
 > full power %^ {
 > Is this normal?
 > - Wimpy in Minnesota
 > (Thanks for any comments
 > Robert Hanford)
 >
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