Happy tune!

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• Subject: Happy tune!
• From: "George W. Ensley Jr." <erc-at-coastalnet-dot-com>
• Date: Wed, 05 Feb 1997 22:44:55 -0400
• Subscriber: erc-at-coastalnet-dot-com Fri Feb 7 00:16:44 1997

Group,

I ran my coil for a bit tonight and noticed something interesting. Max spark
is not the same as Happy tune.

I am getting consistent hot 4 footers to a grounded probe while the primary
is taped at turn 12. But the gaps fire irregularly and will eventually heat
and go to power arcing with no streamers visible. If i drop to the 11th turn
it runs smooth as silk, the gaps reach quiescence and all is well except 4
footers are rare. As consolation the show is a little better with 2 or 3
streamers instead of a single longer one..

Is this similar to expecting a smooth idle from a 4 second funny car or
should i be looking to upgrade my toroid?


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