RE: MMC bleed resistors

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Original poster: "Hajdrowski, Leo T." <leo.hajdrowski@xxxxxxx>

Thanks Gerry!

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Subject: Re: MMC bleed resistors

Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Leo,

Both will work, but having the sparkgap across the NST and the Cp in
series with the TC primary is less stressful on the NST.  Most in this
group, I believe, will recommend this configuration.

Gerry R.

>Original poster: "Hajdrowski, Leo T." <leo.hajdrowski@xxxxxxx>
>
>Hello,
>
>I just started building a coil with my son and have looked at dozens of

>schematics.  Half of them have the main capacitor in parallel with the
>primary coil while the other half have it in series!  Also, half the
>schematics show the spark gap between the output of the NST and the
>capacitor, while the other half show it between the capacitor and the
>tesla coil primary!  Does it make a difference?  Which one is correct?
>
>Thanks....Leo