Re: Spark gap not firing

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 2/2/01 10:44:55 PM Central Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<<  I now have it wired in series with the primary coil, which is made
 from 1/4" refrigerator tubing and consits of 6 turns at 1/2" spacing with a 
6"
 inner diameter.  I have a calculated inductance of 10 - 11 microhenries I
 believe (dont recall the exact number) It is also wired in series with the
 capacitor.  The transf >>

Hi Michael,
It sounds here as if you have the coil wired wrong. connect the capacitor in 
parallel
with the NST. Then connect one side of the cap to one side of the primary. 
the other side of the capacitor goes to the SG, and the other side of the SG 
goes to the other side of the primary. Again: the cap is in parallel with the 
NST, and the SG is in series with the primary.
The 0.0056 uF calculation sounds about right and should give you something if 
you connect things correctly. I would want to try something
a little larger than 0.01uF. Since you built the cap are you sure you have 
0.0056?
Try to get a MMC as soon as you can. There is a lot of info in the Tesla 
archives and on the various Tesla links. Study the books by John Couture.
Stay safe.

Cheers,
Ralph Zekelman