RE: [TCML] Re: Terry Filter Caps Suffering From Early Death

["Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>]

Small wires are not a problem in a Terry filter, but the wiring of the caps and resistors is WRONG.  It looks to me like the middle 4 of the 6 10M resistors and caps are shorted, so the end two caps in each string are taking the full brunt of the HV.  I didn't completely trace everything, but I think if you clip out the short on the 4 middle resistors (and replace the stressed-out four end caps and resistors!) , you should be OK.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Mark Olson
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:21 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TCML] Re: Terry Filter Caps Suffering From Early Death
>
> Scott,
>
> Is the photo not showing it or are the wires going to the spark gap really
> as small as they
> appear?
>
> Marko
> kc5gym@xxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott" <doxiescott@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 5:42 PM
> Subject: [TCML] Re: Terry Filter Caps Suffering From Early Death
>
>
> > UPDATE:
> > Here are some high resolution prictures of the filter.
> >
> > Top View:
> > http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6770/p6160571md0.jpg
> >
> > Bottom view with connections outlined:
> > http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9494/p6160577zm4.jpg
> >
> > And a mug shot of the two suspects:
> > http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/5586/p6160579tq5.jpg
> >
> > For some reason, my meter isn't giving me a reading on the resistors,
> > even in the appropriate 2000k setting, although after charging a cap
> > and hooking one up, they seem to do their job...interesting.
> >
> > Hopefully these pictures should help, thanks to everyone so far.
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