Re: Grounding (fwd)

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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:36:55 -0700
From: Barton B. Anderson <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Grounding (fwd)

Hi Tim,

I've heard no good reason for not doing it myself. We've had numerous 
discussions in the past on this subject. The bottom line for me is to 
simply keep the primary inner turn at the same potential as the bottom 
secondary turn as they are usually both in near proximity. A second 
reason is that I have only 1 hv wire to run out to the tank circuit of 
the coil. Those are the only two advantages I can think of.

What is different is "assuming" that there is a good RF ground 
connection and stepping on top of the RF ground cable running to the pig 
("and assumption is the mother of all .......). So there is a safety 
concern from that stand point that should be understood. A deadman 
switch is also very important to me for a pig coil (my humble opinion).

Take care,
Bart

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>bart,
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>? is there an advantage?? are you just keeping things from "floating" ?? i
>have heard from lackys of Mr Wysock to stay away from doing this, is there
>actual performance issues that you are addressing??
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>Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:00:45 -0700
>From: Barton B. Anderson <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Re: Grounding (fwd)
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>Hi Tim,
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>>Bart,
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>>? on a pole pig, you have the two HV connections on top (ears, if you will) and 
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>the LV connects or lugs coming out of the can; so you are saying you hook one of 
>the HV ears to RF Ground??? do you also hook one side of the gap to RF ground??
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>Yes
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>>i understand the TC secondary bottom winding, but the inside primary??
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>Yes
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>>with a gap in parallel and tank cap series to the pole pig??
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>Yes
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>>how do you create a potential difference in the tank circuit so the SRSG will 
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>fire?? 
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>One side of the cap is connected to the outer primary turn and connected to RF 
>ground on the inside turn. HV side of pig runs to the other side of the cap = 
>the potential difference your looking for (or a charged cap).
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>Here, sometimes a schematic is helpful:
>http://www.classictesla.com/temp/schem_plc_pig.pdf
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>Take care,
>Bart
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