Re: GFI NST transformer

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Original poster: nancylavoie@xxxxxxxxxxx 

Hey,congratulations!You pulled off the impossible too!If you really 
want to pull off a miracle with "unusable junk" see if you can get 
your coil to run with the recently condemned 37667 Maxwell  caps. 
Sarcasm rules. Wyatt

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From: "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>

> Original poster: "Todd Reeve"
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> I just fired my first coil up this morning. It is powered with a
> Franceformer 15060 NST that has a build in GFI. After some
> adjustments to the spark gap and primary coil, it seems to be working
> like a charm. I added a breakout point to the top load and I'm
> getting streamers about 4' long. Whew, what a rush. No problems
> with the gfi tripping so far.....
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> Subject: Re: GFI NST transformer
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> >Original poster: nancylavoie@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Don't know who starte d this story but I've never had a problem with
> >using a GFI unit.How can it be a problem unless you've got a
> >problem in the transformer? I can honestly say that the ground fault
> >has only kicked on a few times (4-5 in many hours of use) and , if I
> >remember correctly, my safety gap was set too tight.(?) I bought a
> >few of these in 12 &15 kv form with the intent of pulling the
> >protection out of them but it kind of looked like a pain so I simply
> >tried them out as is and was pleased to see that they work.Not
> >saying it will for everyone but whats it hurt to try?
> >
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> > > Original poster: "Todd Reeve"
> > >
> > > Since joining this forum I've noticed that everyone is always looking
> > > for a NON-GFI NST t o power their coils. Is this an absolute
> > > must? Why can't you use one with a GFI?
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