Re: nst grounding

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Original poster: "Richard Modistach" <hambone-at-dodo-dot-com.au> 

thanks gerry,

the nst will be with the coil (under it)
and WILL be isolated from the earth from the mains socket,
the power supply for the nst will be a remote box housing the
variac, amp and volt meters and line filter,
i intend to incorporate a strike rail for the primary,
i see it as similar to a terry filter,
you can get away without it but it's another seat belt\air bag.
there will also be an extra non regulated active from the
remote box to the coil to run the small squirrel cage blower
for the sparkgap which will be run in conjunction with the
common neutral that drives the nst.

regards
richard
aus



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Subject: Re: nst grounding


 > Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net>
 >
 > Hi Richard,
 >
 > The Terry filter (including the three terminal safety gap) is grounded to
 > the NST.  If the NST is located with the coil, the NST should be connected
 > to the secondary (earth ground).  If the NST is located remotely, some
argue
 > that it should be connected to mains ground for safety.  If this is done,
it
 > is imperative that you protect the primary from strikes as the strike
 > current could go thru the NST to mains ground, down your power
distribution
 > to find its way to earth ground and then back to the secondary ground.  If
 > you do connect the NST to secondary ground, it should NOT be connected to
 > mains ground.  Any line filter between the NST and mains should be
grounded
 > to mains ground.
 >
 > Gerry R.
 >
 >  > Original poster: "Richard Modistach" <hambone-at-dodo-dot-com.au>
 >  >
 >  > with the nst attached to a terry filter it is isolated
 >  > from mains ground but is the
 >  > nst case attached to secondary ground?
 >  >
 >  > regards
 >  > richard
 >  > aus.
 >  >
 >  >
 >
 >
 >