Re: Newbie with a few questions...

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Original poster: "Gary Abusive by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <gary_abusive-at-hotmail-dot-com>


>Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>
>
>Hi Mike,
>
>I must have missed the first post or two (not sure what power source or
>values your using),

Just a 10/23ma OBIT.

>but I put your coil specs into JavaTC and ended up in a tuning range of
>5.5 to 5.7 turns on the primary using your 0.008 to 0.009uF guestimate. >I 
>know your primary is 8 turns, but not sure where your tuning at.

Thank you. It's tapped right about 5.2 now, when I go home tonight I'll
try changing it.

>With sw caps, make sure there isn't carona eminating. A lot of power can 
>leak there.

I've heard of this, but luckily, so far with mine, I can't see any
problems. Not even a hint even when the lights are out. I AM getting a
visible corona off the top windings of my secondary though:
http://www.geocities-dot-com/femptosecond/smallspks9.jpg
( yeah, I know I spelled femto wrong ;) I suppose it could be the problem
you were referring to regarding toroid cord size. Think that might have
to get looked into tonight as well.

thanks again,
_Mike

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