Overal view. In the background you can see the grounding cable leading to the RF ground.
The secondary mount. It allows adjustment of the secondary height. The black and white rubber cord is used to hold the primary tapping cable in position.
The toroids. The small one prevents streamers from breaking out from the top of the secondary. The toroids are mounted to the secondary using plastic screws for easy substitution and height adjustment of the main toroid (using a spacer).
Primary and strike rail - constructed from 8mm copper tubing.
For tapping the primary I'm using car battery connectors with brass pipe halves soldered to it to increase the contact surface.
The 50nF/12.8kV-MMC with safety gap. There are two more pcb boards with capacitors on the backside of the board.
On the left side of the pictures you can see the central ground connection.The copper pipe servs both as the ground connection to the transformers and as a shielding for the high voltage lines and the line cord for the vacuum gap.
Vacuum gap.
View inside the gap (which is normally closed by a lid). In the foreground you can see the two adjustable electrodes, in the background a grounded shield that prevents the vacuum cleaner motor from sucking in arcs/objects/people.
The filter with safety gaps. I've redesigned the resistor boards thus the big
space between the resistors.
Most of the cables in the TC are additionally insulated with plastic hoses.
The fluorescent lamp and electrical lines on the ceiling are shielded with a grounded wire mesh to prevent them from beeing struck by lightning.
