Re: STSG Question

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Michael,

"yes" :-))  It's only a 12V car coil after all...  Depending on your
metering and how it interprets RMS things...  Seven volts is close enough
;-))  The capacitor is sort of a cheap way to step 120 VAC to ~~~12 VDC...
Plus or minus a few hundred percent ;-))  It still works...

Cheers,

	Terry



At 07:20 PM 12/8/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>I just finished putting together a simple trigger for my new gap.
>Standard off the shelf 600 watt dimmer, a 10µf motor run cap (I know
>it's a little big but it's what I have until I get to radio shack) and
>an old coil from the garage.  I've checked the cap and it's within .05µf
>of the label value.
>    Before the cap I measure about 118 volts.  After the cap I get about
>7 volts.  Is this what should be happening?
>
>--
>Take care,
>Michael
>
> "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
>
> Arthur C. Clarke
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