RE: Here are my current specks: Was I give up!

["David Dean" <deano-at-corridor-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Hi Garry,

Trying to make sense of the primary configuration as stated:

>
> Primary is #14 wire, about 40 windings with lots of bare spots
> for tapping.
> Secondary is a 3" PVC pipe covered with 24 inches of #29 wire.
>
> There are three chokes composed of #29 wire wrapped over a half inch thick
> dowel. The length of the
> windings are all 3.5" each. One choke on each high voltage lead
> from the NST
> between the spark gap
> and the NST. The caps are in series with the primary winding and the other
> end goes to one side of
> the spark gaps. This isolates the primary from the rest of the circuit as
> far as the 60 cycle current
> is concerned. The primary is center tapped in the center after tuning
> through a third choke with the
> same configuration as the other two.
>

This is how I see it from the description above:

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O------RFC----*------cap------*
              |               |
              |               3
              V               3
        spark    gap          3-(center tap of pri)----RFC----Ground?
              ^               3
              |               3
              |               |
O-------------*------cap------*

The Os denote the high voltage terminals of the NST
The *s denote connections
The 3s denote the primary windings

If I've got this right, then what you have is the classic equidrive
configuration, except for the RFC attached to the center tap of the primary.
I can't imagine what that could be for, and suspect that may be a problem in
itself.

later
deano