Re: Secondary Grounded NST Questions

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Original poster: "Aaron Aab" <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Well,

Tried the coil out today, got some longer sparks than before, about 1-2'! I
think its lacking performance b/c of my crude spark gap, so im gonna try new
things tomorrow. However, it still stops after a short burst of energy, and
you will have to kill power and turn it on again. Sometimes it will go for a
good while, and then shut off, and if you leave it, it will start sparking
again.

Terry did you get my email about helping me tune it?

Let me know

Aaron
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Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:33 PM
Subject: Re: Secondary Grounded NST Questions


 > Original poster: "Aaron Aab" <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > Franceformer 9060-P5G2
 >
 > 9kV/60mA
 >
 > I can snap some pics if needed of the outside. I have no clue how to get
the
 > top off, seems glued down really well in the center. I pulled the screw
out
 > and tried to take it off but dont want to bend it up. Any pointers?
 >
 > Also, do I need to ground the case to the RF ground? I was only using the
 > house ground, didnt want to feed 9000 volts back into the house ground.
 >
 > Thanks guys!
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:49 AM
 > Subject: Re: Secondary Grounded NST Questions
 >
 >
 >  > 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
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >