Re: I'm a newbie coiler!- apartment coiling

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Original poster: "S&JY" <youngsters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I use a non-ideal ground (of course) for the two secondaries (which are
wound in the same direction, by the way).  I suppose the voltage at the base
of the secondaries may oscillate back and forth by a few hundred volts.
Whether or not the two secondaries lose sync between bangs doesn't seem very
consequential to me as the setup produces impressive connected leaders at
power inputs of 2 kva or less.
--Steve Y.

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> Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Hi Steve,
>
> I can see how the two secondaries are kept in sync while the primary
> still has energy in it.  I can also see how sync is maintained after
> quencing if the two secondary bases area connected and NOT
> grounded.  But, I still dont know how sync is maintained if the two
> bases ARE grounded.  Seems like one secondary know nothing about the
> other secondary if it sees an "ideal" ground at its base.  Could it
> be that a NON IDEAL ground is needed so the little voltage on the
> ground (and at each base) acts like a base pumped coil.  If so, does
> one coil need to be opposite wound from the other coil. I need to ponder
this.
>
> Gerry R.