>
>Hi Bill,
>
>Use a 2000-3000 mfd cap accross the coil, and a 500 ohm series resistor.
>Use two 25 ohm power resistors, one in series with each side of the line.
>The 500 ohm resistor can be adjusted to give the desired amount of delay.
>You only need enough delay to allow the HV meter to come up to 75% of
>normal voltage. 3-4 seconds is OK, but probably not necessary.
>I have built over 30 of these, and they worked every time!
>
? A simpler stepstart circuit that uses the HV filter capacitor for the
timing capacitor appears on my Web site. When the HV reaches around
2/3 of normal, the relay closes.
- Rich..., 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/measures.
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