Will painting it red make it go faster?

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• Subject: Will painting it red make it go faster?
• From: Paul Gower <gower-at-cairns-dot-net.au> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 12:17:02 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Hi All,
          Just looking for a little help with my coil.
            first the specs
                xfrmr 12000 -at- 25ma  NST
                Secondary 4" wide 20" long 1000 turns 24awg
                Primary 6.5 turns .25" copper tube with .25" spaces
(have got 17 turns but tapped at 6.5)
                spark gap 12 x 1/2" copper tubes .025" apart
                Capacitor 15 salt water wine bottles.
                torroid is a ball covered in alfoil about 4.5" diameter

    ok my problem. The coil works and i get a spark of about 4-5inch. Is
there anyway to make this bigger? I have played with the primary coil
tapping and it is at it's resonance point. Would adjusting the spark gap
do anything?

                Thanks for any and all help     Paul

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