Tuning TCs

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• Subject: Tuning TCs
• From: "Nick Slaymaker" <nick.slaymaker-at-lineone-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 07:04:17 -0700
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Hi Gary, all

Great idea!  Please let us know if you try it and it works.  I was brought
up as a scientist so I hate the very iterative and labour intensive method
of trying to measure the spark length - very subjective!  I'd much prefer to
see a meter slowly come up to a max and then subside.  I was thinking of
trying Terry's field probes but your idea is simpler.  Also, some TCs are
very sensitive to tuning.

Nick Slaymaker, England

> Original Poster: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau-at-compaq-dot-com>

> The mention of a fluorescent tube started me thinking, how about enclosing
> the tube in a light-tight PVC pipe with a photocell, and metering the
> photocell as a quantitative measure of coil output?
>
> Gary Lau
> Waltham, MA USA

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