RE: Spark gap not firing

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Original poster: "Duke, Ronn (CCI-San Diego CCC) by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <Ron.Duke-at-cox-dot-com>

Terry, and all,

Although I have heard that you can connect the cap in a Tesla circuit either
way(series or parallel)with the transformer, if you connect it in parallel,
it's heck on your NST, not to mention your cap. You're always supposed to
connect the SG in parallel, and the cap in series. Am I wrong?

Keep on Coilin'

Sparky


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	Sent:	Saturday, February 03, 2001 6:59 AM
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	Subject:	Re: Spark gap not firing


	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