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Re: Mid-point Ground
> Even those fearless sign installers think
>I'm crazy (when I grab the bare wire on the trode) but I just know the
>principles involved.
Watch out for that one exception that can disprove a principle however.
> As I said, the only reason to ground the midpoint of the circuit is if you
>have long runs of GTO out to the ends of the tubes (like in a border job that
>doesn't return to the transformer). You can put the home run on the short
>side and send the grounded GTO out to the long end without having to worry
>about the long GTO interacting because of the full potential on it. The other
Sorry Tom , still a bit confused by your otherwise very worthwhile
explanation. What you are basically saying makes a lot of sense but I only
see one hot lead & one ground in the statement above.
Are you then saying the following regarding normal use of the two terminals
& midpoint?
long run 1 long run 2
_________________ __________________
| | |
|
| | |
|
| T1 | | T2
|
| | |
|
'------------------------------[ tranf ]-------------------------------'
gnd gnd
Thanks,
Kenny
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