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RE: [TCML] Strike rings - to use or not to use



> that acrylic sheet works well over your 'banded' pri. ?   Ive thought of making a banded , vs copper tubing,..its more compact , but read about the corona on the sharp edges.....etc..
 
 
 
 
 
> Kurt Schraner wrote:> > Hi John, Bart, Gary L.,> >> > I've also abandoned to ad a strike-rail to my coils. Primary strikes > > (which you can have, not regarding strike-rail anyway!) didn't hurt my > > caps or transformer (Terry filter installed!). An acrylic sheet on top > > of the primary winding eliminated the sec-prim strikes to the coil, > > however infrequent strikes to the primary connections were observed. > > See a picture at:> >> > http://twfpowerelectronics.com/~kurt/UBTT/NewPrimaryHits.jpg> >> > In the picture I've indicated, were occasionally a sec. to > > primary-system hit was experienced. No damage so far (it's fed by a > > 15kV/60mA NST). Of course I agree with the conservation of energy > > argument of Gary Lau, but a small concern remains regarding the > > dynamics of such a hit: might it be able, to do any damage in short > > time and at a localized place?> >> > Cheers, and happy new year to the gang!> >> > Kurt> > _______________________________________________> Tesla mailing list> Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
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