Hi Phillip,
I can try, but it's more of a quirky thought. I'll try an ascii diagram:
| |
o o o o o o o | | o o o o o o o <--primary
| ---------
| |-------------------------| <--cabinet
conductor-->\ | |
| | |
o | |
safety gap--> o | |
| | |
| | |
| |-------------------------|
-----
--- <-- RF ground
The conductor is connected between primary and open end of gap.
Horseshoe gap (or whatever) is adjusted beyond primary breakdown
voltage, but close enough that should the outer ring be hit by a top
terminal strike, the voltage is high enough for a moment to arc the gap
and send the strike to RF ground. Well, hopefully it's high enough (not
sure). I do know that strike hits I've had to strike rings also crossed
over and jumped to the primary a good 2" distance.
I don't know how well this would work. Just a thought I had. It's about providing primary strike protection without attracting primary strikes. One problem I do realize is that the ionized gap will cause breakdown voltage across the gap to lower and probably cause the primary to begin arcing the gap (but I guess that depends on the gap itself and the required distance for terminal voltage when the primary is hit).
Take care, Bart Phillip Slawinski wrote:
There is another "safety gap" idea we could devise so that we won't care about primary strikes (thus eliminating worries of primary configurations or strike rings). The outer primary is most often hit (yes?). Run a wire down from the outer turn of the primary to a classic \/ configuration to RF ground, greater than the primary outer turn voltage, but a place where terminal strikes are forced to go. Performs the same situation as a strike ring without the strike ring near the primary. So, you still end up with the benefits of a strike ring but without the need of a strike ring.Can you clarify this? _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla
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