RE: 813 vttc update...

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Original poster: "Cameron B. Prince" <cplists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

>  > Excellent looking coil Brett.  You might want to
>  > throw a few bleeder
>  > resistors across those caps for your safety.  Most
>  > researchers get
>  > severely shocked or killed during the initial lashup
>  > of new HV
>  > circuits --- usually before they add the safety
>  > features for the
>  > completed project.
>
> Yes, that might be something to look into, but if you
> look at a Class C Armstrong Oscillator, you will
> notice that the tank cap is shorted by the
> primary...the grid leak cap has the grid leak resistor
> across it already.  The other doorknob serves as
> bypass for the diode in the doubler.
>
> In any case, thank you very much for the compliment
> and the warning Dr. Resonance.


I believe he's speaking your MOT caps in the doubler circuit. Those are the
ones that will bite you. Both David Rieben and I have fallen prey...

Cameron