> >Ronnie, > >It sounds to me as if your gaps are set too wide, making the system >hard-starting. > >John Freau > Hmmmmm, I can adjust the safety gap, but the spark gap is a r. quick style heavily epoxied non-adjustable type. there are 6 gaps -at- .028 " each gap. I guess I am just going to have to find a bigger transformer. Thanks for the help, Ronnie