Re: SRSG motor modification

[FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

In a message dated 8/7/00 4:47:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> Original poster: "Garth van Sittert" <garth-at-mediasupplies.co.za> 
>  
>  Thanks for replying.
>  
>  The motor is 1/4 HP or 180W
>  2850 rpm 50Hz
>  
>  My armature measures: 4" long,  2" diameter.
>  
>  The 2 flats I have made are 1" wide.
>  
>  I have pictures of it at http://teslacoil.8k-dot-com/spark_gap.htm

Garth,

I tried looking at your webpage, but the pictures didn't load for
some reason.  In any case, I'm thinking that maybe you need
to use a larger capacitor than 6uF,  you could try larger ones
such as 10uF or 20uF, and see it that makes it lock up OK.
The flats should be plenty deep enough the way they are now,
by the way.

Cheers,
John Freau