Re: first coil help

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Original poster: "James Mathisrud by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jrmathis-at-pressenter-dot-com>




> im using a helical primary, the inner turn is 8in. i set up a ground next
to the coil, and im getting
> drawing 2-3 in. sparks. i added another bottle to my tank cap, i will
test that tonight. i aslso bought
> an 8 foot ground that i am installing also. my gap is the air blast gap
from richard quick. im using 2-
> 1.5 in electrodes, and i have about 30psi guenching it. thanks for your
help, ill try your suggestions
> tonight thanks

>
>
> there are 16 1/4in diameter primary turns, spaced at 1/4 in. im using a
> fluorescent bulb, and my caps are 6
> beer bottles filled with about 10oz ea.of saltwater. not sure how to test
> the capacitance, will look into
> that. im using 1-15kv30ma nst
>
> thanks for your help jonathan, and the rest of coilers on this list
>
> Tesla list wrote:
>
> > Original poster: "James Mathisrud by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jrmathis-at-pressenter-dot-com>
> >
> > im a new coiler, and i have been trying to tune my first coil, and have had
> > a few
> > problems. i am getting it to resonate, i know this because the lightbulb is
> > glowing, but i just can't seem to get any sparks to breakout, i have a
> > small sphere
> > discharge terminal, the secondary is 4.5in, 800 winds #22, the primary
is  tapped at 11
> > turns,
> > because that seems to be the best spot from the testing ive been doing, im
> > using
> > salt water caps, i have an air blast gap.thats set at about 1/2 in, im
> not sure
> > what the average spacing is supposed to be, but i keep opening it
farther and
> > farther, and the power of the coil seems to be increasing please advise
> > before i
> > break something!
> >
> > also, imy ground is a 1in copper water pipe, and is wetted down before each
> > use its
> > been driven about 1.5 feet into the ground i don't know if this may be
> > affecting it
> > or not. thanks for your help
> > Ryan