RE: [TCML] RF Ground and Brass

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

While 1kV on your ground cable may be insignificant as far as topload voltage or performance, let's not loose sight of the REAL reason we should be striving for a good RF ground.  If there is 1KV of RF on your secondary base, there is also 1kV of RF on your NST case.  You can bet that this will have an impact on the level of hash that enters your mains.

Regards, Gary Lau
MA, USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tesla-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 1:56 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [TCML] RF Ground and Brass
>
>
>
> In a message dated 3/6/08 10:52:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> daniel.h.mccauley@xxxxxxxx writes:
>
> >Not really.  You want to limit the amount of voltage drop on  your ground
> >connection.  You don't care about voltage drop on the  secondary, because
> >that is what you expect.  But if your ground connection was  say 100 ohms
> >and you had 10 amps of peak current, you'd get 1000V peak voltage  on
> >your ground cable.  Not really a good  thing.
>
>     If the top of the secondary ends up at 400kV, then  a kV drop on the
> ground wire amounts to 1/4 of 1%. Pretty  insignificant.
>
> -Phil LaBudde
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