I think that if the mains circuit has a built-in GFI protection, any Tesla coil is going to give you trouble. HV and GFI just don't play nice together as HV wants to leak out of the mains wiring. Is there not a different circuit you can plug into that isn't GFI protected? I can't suggest why this NST is more problematic than others. Gary Lau MA, USA <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> Virus-free. www.avg.com <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 3:27 PM, YESN via Tesla <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > So I recently bought a NST. > To be clear it is not a solid state high frequency unit. (It weighs 12 kg) > Having done my research beforehand I figured hooking it up is not that > hard. (FART's didn't have GFI's) > But after trying several things no arcs appear since the GFI keeps > triggering. > (The GFI is on the green plate) > So I tried bypassing it and connecting the NST with thick copper wire. > But turning it on now triggers the GFI in my house. (All my lights turned > off) > First of all, why does this happen with my particular NST, and why doesn't > it happen to all others? > > The NST comes from the manufacturer Ricci (I first thought it was FART but > the website tricked me and send me this one.) > > After testing today I found that someone else from the Netherlands had the > exact same problem. > Link to his video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piH44ohowyE > > Here are some pictures concerning the setup: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fiYE-hU55pShgp2V2kzZ7lqQb4c4HIu6/ > view?usp=sharing > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ac22t6eqUkpUcyrAhuN4EmSKyd6ZI > 4gn/view?usp=sharing > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FDnTUhpjXbG4zioALgLGs5QEt9SBX > 7T6/view?usp=sharing > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iqO6h-CVIbfzkSTnHjoKj6f3gsncSN-G/ > view?usp=sharing > > I hope I provided enough information. > Does anyone have suggestions? > > Sincerely, > > Yesn > > (PS I am sorry if this is really stupid) > _______________________________________________ > Tesla mailing list > Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla > _______________________________________________ Tesla mailing list Tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://www.pupman.com/mailman/listinfo/tesla