Re: Carbon tracking?

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Garry,

Scot is correct here. The DC resistance will probably be negligible if a
short actually exist because
it will be only 1 or 2 turns shorted. Don't get bogged down on this carbon
tracking inspection. This
may not at be the problem. Simply spend a little time looking for any
burned areas on primary or
sparkgap frames and surfaces of the interior and exterior of the secondary.
If a good visual
inspection detects nothing out of the ordinary, the problem is probably
elsewhere. The key here is to
simply take a good look and then go on to the next possibility.

Bart



Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>
>
> Tesla list wrote:
>
> <snip>
> the problem with a shorted secondary is that by trying to find it with an
> Ohm meter is futile  ( they dont
> produce enuf voltage to jump to the next weak spot)  the "short" usually
> becomes apparent only when the
> coil is running   :(  .
>
> Scot D