Parts of a teslacoil - safetygaps
A Safety gap's purpose is to prevent any large
voltage spikes from damaging the power supply (usually a
transformer).
The electrodes of the safety gap are set at a
distance just slightly greater than the output of the transformer will spark
over.
With a centre tapped transformer, as
either leg of the transformer could over voltage three electrodes are used
as below.
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Safety Gap |