Re: does the terminal have to be ontop of the secondary?

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Mark,

The top terminal helps to keep the edges of the secondary's top from
arcing.  You may need a small toroid there just to prevent breakout at the
top of the coil.  Aside from that, you can place the top terminal higher as
you want.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 11:31 AM 7/5/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>Hello everyone!
>
>My question is: Does the terminal have to be above the secondary?? If i move
>my discharge terminal, and say suspend it 1metre above the secondary, how
>will the performance of the coil be affected??
>thankyou,
>mark.
>