Re: Grounding ?'s

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• Subject: Re: Grounding ?'s
• From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com
• Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 13:51:42 -0500 (EST)
• Subscriber: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com Sat Feb 15 15:45:15 1997

<< 	One thing I was curious about, when I ran it for the science
> fair, many times it would not run from the start, I would plug it in and
> the spark gap would fire a few times and then the thing would just hum. 
>In order to get it to work I had to plug it in and unplug it several
>times and eventually it would get going.  Is my safety gap arcing over
>or something.
 >	Anyway thanks again for your help I really appreciate it.
 
>Adios
>Ronnie
  >>

Ronnie,

It sounds to me as if your gaps are set too wide, making the system
hard-starting.

John Freau 

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