Re: Primary Strikes, how serious/bad?

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Jonathon,

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "jpeakall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<jpeakall-at-mcn-dot-org>
>
> Howdy All,
>
> Finally built a bigger torrid and got it tuned right. However, the increased
> sparks are hitting parts of the primary circuit with fair regularity. I have
> a Fritz RF filter and a carcom filter. Am I gonna toast my NST? Or will I
> blow up things connected to the AC mains?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan Peakall

It's always a risk that something can die. Terry's MOV post is a good
addition of protection.
It would be good to prevent strikes. A larger cross section may help field
control. A
break-out bump also helps keep the sparks to one point on the toroid.

Regards,
Bart