Re: First light for my 3 inch coil!

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Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com> 

Well, this stinks. Now whenever I plug/unplug my 4 pack MOT it arcs between
the outer xformers(carbon tracks I'm betting). After all the time and
effort, to have it die in a single run makes me dissapointed. I guess my
coiling days are over.

---Eric
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Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 7:20 PM
Subject: First light for my 3 inch coil!


 > Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18-at-hydrogen18-dot-com>
 >
 >
<http://www.hydrogen18-dot-com/projectlogs/hivolt/3inchtesla/>http://www.hydroge
n18-dot-com/projectlogs/hivolt/3inchtesla/
 >
 > Woohoo! This was awesome! That setup was pretty hastily done but I was
 > happy. It was really fun messing around with stuff to get the best arc.
 > Best of all, the noise brought every dog in the neighborhood to a howl!
 > Anyhow, I opened the gap too wide and the 4 pack MOT arced but I shut it
 > down immediately and closed the gap, afterwards it worked again. My only
 > concern is I would hear the hum from the pack occasionaly over the arc
like
 > it was getting a dead short. I really need to make a better setup than
this
 > though, it was the ultimate in horrible lashup. Also, my ground rod is
only
 > a 6 inch piece of 1/2 copper pipe hammered into the ground, should I worry
 > about improving this?
 >
 > A little bit of a side note, my 4 pack MOT caught on fire during the run.
 > It was a faulty connection on my part, and no the rigors of tesla coil
 > service causing it.
 >
 > ---Eric
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