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Re: First Light for me :-)

On Tue, 22 Feb 2000 Tesla List  wrote:
> Original Poster: "Neal Whitaker" <NDWhitaker-at-Worldnet.att-dot-net> 
> 
> Hey guys and gals,
> 
> I got my first light over the weekend.  Oh what a wonderful sight!  I
> don't think I have ever seen something so pretty.  I got arcs to a
> ground rod from a surface breakout point of about 5.5"{139.7mm}.  Yea I
> know that's nothing but hey for my first coil and first time ever seeing
> one actual firing I was real impressed.  The specs are below and yea I
> have some problems with the design (gotta start somewhere).
> 
> My main problem is the safety gap.  I can't get it to stop firing. 
Snip ....

Hi Neal,

I have not that much practical experience with coiling (I have just started
my third 'project'), but I know the theoretical side of it. A safety gap
can only do his job well if the filtering is adequate. If too much of the
RF energy from the Tesla coil is flowing back to the secondary of the neon
transformator it will fire the safety gap. My advise would be: look into
the different articles about the filtering subject on the mail-list and the
Tesla-ring.

Ruud de Graaf
Greetings from lovely and wet Holland