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I can't tell much from the fuzzy picture, but I suspect that the "ground" terminal of the tripler is connected to ground only through the 500 ohm resistor and series zener diode as well as the pot and 10 ohm resistor.
Even if the 500 ohm resistor were connected *directly* to ground that would not short out the diode, as there can be a voltage drop across the resistor if current is passed through it. Do an ohms law calculation and you can determine how much current is needed to raise the voltage to the zener voltage.
jr
Last edited by jr_tech; 09-27-2013 at 04:36 PM.
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