Re: Strange behavior

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Original poster: "brian by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ka1bbg1-at-mcttelecom-dot-com>

I agree, i use tcbor gap but i use forced air and a pill bottle as an air
funnel so all the air has to go thru between the pipes. I use a 4 inch hi
speed computer fan for air. before i used air i had the same thing happening
to my coil..gap spark but no output...

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Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 11:25 PM
Subject: RE: Strange behavior


> Original poster: "Loudner, Godfrey by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gloudner-at-SINTE.EDU>
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> Perhaps your static gap is developing extreme hot spots on the electrodes
> which stop the quenching action. Increase the suction through your gap to
> see if this stops the problem or changes much the amount of time it takes
> for the problem to develop.
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> Godfrey Loudner
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tesla list [SMTP:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
> > Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 9:14 PM
> > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject: Strange behavior
> >
> > Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>
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> > Hello Coilers,
> >
> > While running my coil earlier this evening I had a strange occurance
> > that I'd like to have explained to me.  After about a full minute of
> > firing, the streamers just stopped like a swich had been thrown, but
> > the gap continued to fire.  I shut down for about five seconds, then
> > fired up again and the streamers where back as before for about the
> > same time interval and then they stopped again.
> >
> > Switching everything off and taking the shorting sticks to all of the
> > hot spots, I began looking for a probable cause.  The MMC showed not
> > even the slightest bit of heating on any of the 96 caps, all of the
> > primary and secondary connections where secure, and as I said before,
> > the gap continued to fire even when the streamers stopped, so I ruled
> > out a problem with it or the power source.  Ideas anyone?
> >
> > Here's the coil details:
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> > Power:  10/70 OBIT stack with PFC
> > Cap:    0.0258 uF. -at- 25 KV MMC
> > Gap:    7 segment RQ/TCBOR with suction quench
> > Prim:   14 turn 1/4" tube, 20 degree inv. cone
> >         tapped at turn 7
> > Sec:    4" x 22" 800 turns of no. 22
> > Toroid: 16" x 4" over 11" x 4" flex duct, 24 pF.
> >
> > Normal streamers are 3 or 4 simultaneous of 30 to 36 inches.
> >
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> > 73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL
> >
> > Listening: 147.030+ and 442.075+
> > E-mail:    weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca
> >            or ve3ear-at-rac.ca
> > Web site:  www.hurontel.on.ca/~weazle
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