RE: grounding NST's

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Original poster: Steve Conner <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Q, all,

Personally I believe that grounding a NST to RF ground is a bad-ish 
idea. The reason is that the incoming line voltage powering the NST 
is referred to green wire ground. Therefore, any RF voltage appering 
on the RF ground will also appear between the NST primary winding and 
the core, which might cause flashovers.

I think it's better to connect the NST's ground terminal to green 
wire ground, and use a Terry filter or similar (also connected to 
green wire ground) for protection.

Steve Conner
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