Re: Spark from Which End

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>

One time my cable came loose and fell off. I didn't realize it until I fired 
the coil up. Luckily it was close enough and only had to spark an inch or so 
to be grounded. Performance wasn't what it normally is though. 

In a message dated 4/26/01 6:53:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes: 



>
> You turn on the coil. 
> What happens? 
> Do you get any spark from the top load? Streamers only? Nothing? 
> Does a spark jump the 3" space from your RF ground cable to the earthed rod?