Re: Please help me with my coil

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Original poster: "Tom Stathes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <newphreak_16-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I am using a bank of 6 OBIT's 10kv -at- 133ma.
Thanks
--tom


--- Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net> wrote:
> Hi Tom,
> 
> What NST are you using?  50nF sounds like too much
> for a static gap 1.3kW
> coil.  The firing voltage may be too low.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Terry
> 
> 
> At 01:35 PM 2/6/2001 -0800, you wrote:
> >Here are my coil specs.  
> >
> >I recently built a 50nf 20kvdc mmc cap for my coil.
> 
> >after adding a decent topload and retuning i get
> the
> >same spark length as with my 12nf
> saltwater/winebottle
> >cap.  What gives? With 1.33kw i think i should be
> >getting more that 24in discharges dont you?  I
> think
> >the problem may be with my spark gap.  Its a static
> >gap made of a few pieces of copper pipe lined up
> like
> >this |||||  I think i might make a rotary gap i saw
> in
> >poptronics.  It was made by attaching metal strips
> to
> >a muffin fan, and putting it between 2 electrodes 
> >              0
> >    ---0 0-fanblades-0 0---
> >              0
> >not to scale obviously
> >But u get the idea rite?
> >
> >Thanks for any help.
> >--Tom
> >
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