Re: Slighty zapped from metal casing

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Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 10/14/03 8:22:09 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>I am gradually getting the hang of turning up power and adjusting my SRSG .
>I'm still scared to turn it up all the way, and am unnerved because I
>sometimes get tiny shocks from the casing of both variacs on the way to
>full power %^ {
>Is this normal?
>- Wimpy in Minnesota
>(Thanks for any comments
>Robert Hanford)


Robert,

It may be normal if the case is left floating.  On my small coil (15kv 60 
ma power) I ground the variac cases to line ground.  On my large coil (14.4 
kv 7kva) I have a separate ground rod system that I tie all the variac 
cases to.

Ed Sonderman