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Re: TC physical construction



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>
>I'm still getting strikes to my circuitry. My spark gap is taking most
>of the hits through the air vents! I started to raise the base of my
>TC from 16" off the ground to 30" (it's sitting on an old coffee table
>with screw-in-legs, 16/30 are the only length legs I have) but at 30"
>the toroid would be to close to the garage door opener
>
>Any suggestions?
>	1. 	move to cheep land/paying job locals;)
>
>	2.	buy surplus military bases;)
>
>	3.	adopt Mark/Richard/Malcolm...et all;)
>
>
>
>		running out of room
>		jim
>

Jim, I've killed two garage door openers, so you definitely do not want to
place your coil too close!  I could have bought a couple of really decent
capacitors for what I spent replacing both openers.

Bert