Re: HELP ME PLEASE!

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: HELP ME PLEASE!
From: Kevin <knardell-at-mailhost.accesscom-dot-net>
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 19:05:21 -0600
Subscriber: knardell-at-mailhost.accesscom-dot-net Wed Jan 1 21:55:38 1997


>>>                                           __________
>>>                                          (__________)    Toroid
>>>                                               (          18"
>>>                       Gap                     ( 
>>>     -----------------||---------)             (  
>>>     HV1     |                   )             ( 
>>>             |                   )             (   
>>>   To        _                   )             (
>>>  Neons      _  caps             )  Primary    ( Secondary
>>>             |                   )             (
>>>             |                   )             (
>>>     HV2     |                   )             ( 
>>>     -----------------||---------              ( 
>>>                      Gap                      ( 
>>>                                    ------------     
>>>                                    |
>>>                                    |
>>>                                  -----
>>>                                 / / /  Dedicated RF Groundrods
>>
>Kevin,
>	Because the Rf from your TC primary will EAT the poor neon's
>secondary alive! (the neon's secondary is a high impedance to the RF
>and the RF will jump OUT of some portion of the neon's secondary:
>ruining it!)
>
>If you change the schematic to one with a parallel (to the neon) spark
>gap and a series cap(s), when the gap is firing, the LC ringing of the
>primary and cap will NOT be across the neon. Why? Because the gap is
>conducting; and is effectively a short circuit across the neon's
>secondary where you don't want any RF.



Jim, the coil works like I have it, just not doing anything big, I have not
fried my neon, only blew the caps because I opened the gaps to far. If I set
the system up like you said to, and I did, it don't work and the gaps won't
fire. The neon sits there and goes hummmmmmmmmmmmm.


                                       Regards,
                                            Kevin Nardelle

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