RE: *****Grounding question

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Original poster: "David Thomson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dave-at-volantis-dot-org>

If you have the money to buy life insurance and play with Tesla coils, you
have the money to go out and buy an 8 foot copper plated grounding rod.
Sink it into the ground in a wet spot, and run a #6 copper wire or larger to
your work area.  If you don't, that mean little metal box will use you for a
ground rod instead.  And then YOU will be in the damp earth.  DON'T PLUG
YOUR TRANSFORMER IN TO A TWO WIRE OUTLET WITHOUT A GROUND.  In fact, because
you asked that question, that means you need to study more about coil safety
before you do anything else.  Even with a grounded transformer you can get
the sh*t knocked out of you.

Dave

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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:31 PM
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Subject: *****Grounding question


Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<dbanse-at-comcast-dot-net>

I have a 15kV60mA NST....

I have an older house where none of the sockets are grounded....(they were
all
2 prongers....I just 'put in' three prong outlets....(but no wire to ground
with)

I want to test my NST with just the spark gap, and the capacitor.

What will happen if I just plug it in with no variac or anything else?
Will I get the shit shocked out of me?

My NST has two output terminals....which are obviously the 'OUTS'

It also has a 'GRD' terminal on the other side...which I am pretty sure
means
'Ground'...........do I use this for anything, and if so, what do I connect
it
to? ...a water pipe or something?

Thanks,
Newbie coiler,
HyFlyOne