Re: Some newbie questions

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


Chokes may work but in some cases they resonate with the stray capacitance
in the NST secondary and this, of course, will blow your NST very rapidly.
Unless you have a good storage scope with HV probe to verify this I would
not chance a choke as the sole source of protection.

It's best to use the full protection circuit unless you have a cheap source
of NST's.

The lower end of the sec can go inside the PVC (after it's well treated with
Glyptal) and exit via a 1/4-20NC brass stud.  Use a baffle 4-5 inches up in
both ends (1/4 inch acrylic disk).  The top should remain outside of the
tube.  Spacewind the last 4-5 turns with some plastic fish line --- remove
later as the turns are drying.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
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Subject: Some newbie questions


 > Original poster: "Aaron Aab" <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > Hey guys!
 >
 > Building a coil in my garage, and have a couple questions.
 >
 > Can I drill a hole in the pvc pipe and run the 2 ends of the secondary
coil
 > inside the pipe to a lug in the caps and then use a bolt to exit the pipe?
 >
 > Does everything needing to be grounded go to the same ground rod? Strike
 > rod, secondary coil, etc?
 >
 > Are there any cheap protection I can use to protect the NST? I don't want
 > to spend 50 bucks worth of stuff for that one protection circuit. Will a
 > safety gap, and 2 chokes work well? Chokes are just magnet wire wrapped
 > about 100 times around a pvc pipe correct?
 >
 > Thanks a bunch!
 >
 > Aaron
 >
 >
 >