Re: help: coil won't "stay on"

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

In a message dated 5/31/01 3:15:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> What's puzzling is how it will
>  be running great and then suddenly give me whimpy output. It almost seems 
> like
>  a wire comes loose or something.
>   
>   
>  Thanks for you help,
>  Phillip Smith

Phillip,

Maybe the NST's are failing.  You could try making the gap 
narrower, and see if the coil runs steadier.  This may suggest
that the NST is failing.  If the NST's are failing, they probably
won't last long.  Of course you may be able to revive them by
melting the tar, or removing the tar.

John freau