Re: Grounding Question

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


Your safety strike rail can not be a continuous loop of conductive material.
It will act as a shorted turn and "steal" a lot of your power.

You can keep the loop continuous for support if you insert a 3 inch long
piece of wood somewhere in the ring.  A wood dowel of suitable size works
fine.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
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 > 3. Does it matter if the strike rail is a continuos piece of copper
tubing?
 > I spliced the ends together to add better support to the copper tubing.
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 > Thanks in advance to all who reply
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 > Emmett Secrest
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