Re: strike rail mystery. (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 13:02:50 +0000
From: David Rieben <drieben@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: strike rail mystery. (fwd)

Scott,

Nothing that unususally here. Your strike rail is in effect 
also an additional single turn of your Tesla transformer
and can develop a considerable potential. When it be-
came disconnected from the RF ground, this potential
was sufficient to arc the resultant gap. That's the reason 
that you leave your 3" gap in the strike rail. Otherwise it
acts as a shorted turn and stills considerable power from
your coil's output.

David Rieben

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> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 20:41:13 -0400 
> From: Scott Bogard 
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> Subject: strike rail mystery. 
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> Hey folks, 
> Ok, I was running my coil, and my shoddily connected strike rail wire 
> came disconnected from my strike rail and I noticed something very odd. My 
> strike rail arced to the wire. The rail is not a complete turn, there is 
> about a 3-in gap between the ends. I'm thinking maybe this is an indication 
> of poor RF grounding, as that is the only thing both the rail and the 
> secondary are directly connected to. But I am not sure. Any input would be 
> appreciated, thanks. 
> Scott Bogard. 
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