Re: Fired, but need help

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• Subject: Re: Fired, but need help
• From: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 08:02:48 -0600
• Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

Hi Patti,
          Try reducing pri-sec coupling.

Malcolm

> Original Poster: "Patti" <asrai-at-palmnet-dot-net> 

<snip> 

> One problem though, and I need some help.
> 
> I'm getting numerous strikes along the outside of the secondary, starting
> with the top winding to the bottom winding.  Also I suffered some damage two
> turns about 5 inches up from the bottom of the secondary.  It got a bit
> cooked.  Right now I have the secondary bottom winding sitting about 1.25
> inches above the primary.  I'm running safety gaps at the caps at 1/2 inch
> and 5/16 inch on each side of the ground post tied to RF ground for the pole
> transformer.  The specs are:
<snip>

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