Re: Secondary Grounded NST Questions

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Original poster: C T <ct451-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Newer NSTs usually have two types of protection, earth
leakage and short circuit. You need to disable both
for a safety gap to ground or just the short circuit
one for a regular spark gap.
They almost always provide a simple way of bypassing
both for testing purposes. What model are you using?
Perhaps you can post a picture of the electronics and
people on the list can offer a better solution.

Chris

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Aaron Aab"
 > <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > I have a 9kV/60mA NST and is has a secondary ground
 > thingy. It also has a
 > reset button that I believe the guy who I got this
 > from said will let it run
 > with the leads shorted for like 30 minutes.
 >
 > I'm testing my safety/spark gap out, and it wont
 > attempt to arc unless i
 > press that button. is there anyway around this?
 >
 > Thanks
 >
 > Aaron
 >
 >