grounding question

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Original poster: John <guipenguin@xxxxxxxxx>

I think I am going to build this simple NST protection filter for my 
new coil. 
<http://hot-streamer.com/greg/filter.htm>http://hot-streamer.com/greg/filter.htm

I see the center safety spark gap is grounded to the NST's chasse, 
which is grounded to mains ground.

Now, am I correct in thinking that I should NOT ground the primary 
circuit to the same ground as the end of the secondary (as I see in 
many schematics) as this could pose a threat from putting you in 
contact with the primary circuit through a secondary spark?
for a spark gap Tesla coil, is this circuit that I linked the only 
thing that should be ground to mains ground?     and then ONLY have 
the end of the secondary coil to a separate RF ground?

I want to make sure I have everything as safe as possible before I 
even start building my design.



Thanks again,

      John.