Re: ignition coil for high voltage source

["Grayson B Dietrich" <electrofire-at-juno-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Sundog-

You could always build a large resistive voltage divider network, say,
1:500 or 1:1000, and use a normal DMM to measure it.

-Grayson

On Wed, 07 Jun 2000 16:16:23 -0600 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
> Original Poster: "sundog" <sundog-at-timeship-dot-net> 
> 
> Hi Bill, All!
> 
>   I don't believe you need a resistor for this circuit.  I've run it 
> for 7
> minutes straight and the thing barely got warm.  How hot on the 
> inside, I
> don't know.  I wouldn't think it's too harsh on them, though.  Does 
> anybody
> know what the output voltage of that is?  Do plans for a good HV 
> (4-50kv)
> meter exist?
> 										Caio!
> 									
>         Sundog
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: Re: ignition coil for high voltage source
> 
> 
> Original Poster: "Bill Parn" <parn-at-starpower-dot-net>
> 
> Hi Grayson and Coilers,
> 
> I really like the simplicity of this design.  I know the dimmer
> switch is going to give the spikes of voltage necessary to get
> the ignition coil to operate, however I was wondering do we need
> a resistor of some sort to get the 120VAC spikes down more
> in the range of 18Volts or less to prevent from destroying the
> ignition coil?
> 
> Cheers,
> Bill Parn
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 1:32 PM
> Subject: Re: ignition coil for high voltage source
> 
> 
> > Original Poster: "Grayson B Dietrich" <electrofire-at-juno-dot-com>
> >
> > http://www.electrophile.8m-dot-com/wallignt.gif
> >
> > This shows a very simple means of driving an ignition coil. It can 
> and
> > has been used to power small TC's by other folks, so while I have 
> no
> > personal experience with applying this circuit in that fashion, I 
> belive
> > it can be done. You may need to add a rectifier to it-- a few MOT 
> diodes
> > in series should work fine.
> >
> > -Grayson Dietrich
> >
> > On Wed, 31 May 2000 18:23:02 -0600 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> 
> writes:
> > > Original Poster: "Jeremiah" <jmeizis-at-metallicafan-dot-com>
> > >
> > > Is there any way you could use 1 or maybe 2 ignition coils in a
> > > circuit as
> > > a power supply for a tesla coil.  If there is such a circuit or 
> a
> > > high
> > > voltage ignition coil circuit i would be grateful for the help.
> > > Jeremiah
> > >
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