Re: Terry's GM HEI Coil Update

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Terry's GM HEI Coil Update
From: "James" <elgersmad-at-email.msn-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 16:32:37 -0700
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

    Try checking out the value of capacitor that you were using, and compare
it to the value he is using, in watts.



>Original Poster: "Malcolm Watts" <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
>
>Hi Scott,
>
>> Original Poster: Scott Stephens <Scott2-at-mediaone-dot-net>
>> >Original Poster: Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>

>>
>> For such low firing rates, you might consider a strobe light, using its
>> triggered flash tube as a spark gap. But IIRC, ratings are for a few
>> thousand flashes
>
>I actually tried using a xenon tube as the gap on a small coil once
>but it isn't a runner. The tube (as Bert points out) loses badly
>(which it is designed to do) and gets hot very quickly. I didn't
>bother to trigger it - just let primary cap voltage rise until it
>broke down around 2 - 3kV as I recall.
>
>
>It is pretty tightly coupled. The cap would virtually go straight
>into the output discharge.
>
>Malcolm
><snip>
>
>