RE: safety gap question

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Original poster: "Lau, Gary" <gary.lau-at-hp-dot-com> 

No - your NST secondary is a 2-terminal circuit, one of them being the
case.  Using a simple 2-electrode safety gap between the HV bushing and
the case is all that's required.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA


Original poster: "steve" <steve_vance-at-cablelynx-dot-com>

Hi all,

I am using a 5-30 NST that doesn't have a case ground to power a small
coil.
On the other coils I built, I usually ground the secondary and the NST
case
to the RF GROUND. Because of a lack of a ground on the NST, I forgot to
put
a ground electrode between the electrodes of the safety gap. (brain
fart)
The gap fires about the same as the ones on my other coils. The question
is,
Do I really need to put a ground electrode between the other two?

Steve Vance