connecting capacitors to input of NST

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Joined Jun 15, 2013
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Please forgive my crude layout but it should help with clarification;

A.C. line input---| |----3 <<< primary winding on NST
3
3
neutral line -----| |---3

No "ground" connection...
Both caps are (were) 540-648 MFD @ 120 VAC
The cap on the line side, after a beautiful (but short lived) light show on jacobs ladder went "BOOM!" the cap on the neutral was ready to follow suit.

I found ONE schematic (too late) that showed two caps sharing input ground while the other lead was tied to line and neutral respectively.

I have 3 NST's phased in parallel for 90 mA which works quite well, but you know.....
 
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