Latest coil(and racing sparks)

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• Subject: Latest coil(and racing sparks)
• From: CHURCHMON-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 06 Sep 1999 17:50:46 -0600
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Hi there,to Gary and all . Just before the So.Cal Teslathon I constructed a 
coil similar
to your'es ,partially because of the great results and the fact that I wanted 
to experiment with the 15 degree primary set up.
The only cap I had already made was a flat plate .028 so it was used for 
initial testing.With two 15/60's the coil had major "Racing sparks"  knowing 
that the system was LTR  there were choices to work with,  either lay the 
primary
down flat(which I made adjustable for this reason)or raise the secondary.
So I tried this  tweaking  tecnique and it helped dramatcally by laying it 
down,next I borrowed a .01 cap from Dave McNamee and put it in place of 
the.028 .
Instantly the "racing sparks" were gone and I was getting 4'arcs.

It appears that too much LTR cap size along with overcoupling for a given 
coil 
size may be the problem and not static electricity. Just a possibility not a 
fact!

Hope this helps,Mike Church (CHURCHMON)

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