RE: [TCML] Control Cabinet, X-ray cable, RF-Mains grounding

["Jim Mora" <wavetuner@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Of David Rieben
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:40 PM
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Subject: Re: [TCML] Control Cabinet, X-ray cable, RF-Mains grounding

Hi Bart, Jim,

If I'm not mistaken, I was the one who originally turned you on
to the grounding one of the ears of the pig to allow a single HV
transmission line from the pig to the primary circuit ;^).

David Rieben

PS - I, too, have been tying the external tank of my pig to RF
ground via the transmission line from the tank circuit assembly
and if I disconnect the primary coil from the RF ground, then
the pig's external tank will also be floating (that just doesn't
sound good to me!)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bartb" <bartb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TCML] Control Cabinet, X-ray cable, RF-Mains grounding


> Hi Jim,
>
> Jim Mora wrote:
>> I know that the spark gap ends need to be stripped back to the PE for 12 
>> to
>> 18". I am on the fence how to best and safely make this connection. Dr.
>> Resonance suggests grounding one side of the PT and using his RL filter 
>> and
>> thusly one HV feed. The perceived downside of this is that RF and mains
>> grounds are tied together albeit through the air core and resistor bank.
> I ground one ear of my pig to RF ground as well as the case, thus, a 
> single hv feed to the coil. Mains ground stops at the control cabinet. In 
> this configuration, there's no connection to RF and mains ground (filter 
> or not).
>
> Bart
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