Re: first coil help

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Original poster: "James Mathisrud by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jrmathis-at-pressenter-dot-com>

    update: well, i moved my primary up so that the first turn of the
primary is even with the first turn
of the secondary, i noticed that before the 3rd turn of primary was even
with the first turn of sec. this
helped a little. now im drawing off 4-4.5 in sparks, as opposed to 2in
sparks, but still no breakout!
tomorrow, i will start building an mmc cap (research and such) in hopes of
my crap caps being the main
problem. unless i can find someone who can measure the capacitance.
allowing me to adjust where necessary.
thanks to everyone
Ryan


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> > Original poster: "James Mathisrud by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jrmathis-at-pressenter-dot-com>
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> > ok, well my coil is getting more powerful, but im still not getting
> > breakout, here are my coil specs
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> > Tank circuit
> > power    1- 15kv 30ma nst
> > gap         1 gap 2 1.5in brass electrodes quenched with 30psi set at 3/8
> > in wide
> > cap         7 saltwater beer bottle caps filled with about 10 oz. ea
> > s gap      3 1/4in carrage bolts
> > chokes   2  2in pvc pipes wound with #28 wire about 7 in long ea.
> > primary   16 turn helical primary 1/4 in dia. spaced 1/4 in ea. inner
> turn 8 in
> >                 at 45deg angle tapped at 12th turn
> > secondary-4.5 in pvc pipe wound with #22 about 21.5 in.long roughly 800
turns
> > discharge terminal- tennis ball covered in Al duct tape
> > ground 2-4foot copper clad rods
> > im also using a 600 watt dimmer to run the transformer
> >
> > so far im able to draw off about 2-3 in sparks, but im not getting any
> > breakout. im starting to think that
> > maybe i need more nst's because my system might be too big for the one i
> > have also, i hope this isn't the
> > problem, but maybe my primary it at too great of an angle. hope this helps
> >
> > thanks for everyones contributions, you have all been very helpful so far
> > and i look forward to getting
> > this thing working one of these days.
> > Ryan