Re: Model Railroading Is Fun!

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Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>

>Original poster: "Gregory Hunter by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ghunter31014-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>I'm really puzzled. With the pig on there, your coil
>should be a threat to low-flying aircraft. I can only
>think of one thing--your gap isn't up to the task.

I agree, I spent 2 hours today completely tearing down and testing EVERY 
component. Rebuilt the gap, and rebuilt the system with the 12/180 supply. 
Now we're back to the 6+' range and working fine.
I'm not touching the Pig again until the Teslathon.

Try
>something radical like a heavy-duty single static with
>a jet of 90 psi shop air blown through it. I know
>you're proud of your RQ gap, but you may need to
>resort to brute force to quench the arc from that pig.
>Don't give up--pigs are worth the bother.

I have a nice SRSG in the works, and a triggered gap on the way :)

Duck!

>
>Good luck with it,
>
>Greg
>http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg
>
>--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "Christopher Boden by way of Terry
> > Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chrisboden-at-hotmail-dot-com>
> >
> > No matter how much I tune this beast I can only get
> > 1" whimp arcs from a
> > breakout point. NOTHING works and I KNOW it should.
> > I don't want to have to
> > settle for the 12/180 supply when I've put so much
> > work into this beautiful
> > Pig. We put 30 hours into just PAINTING it! lol It
> > works great for jacobs
> > ladders...but won't power the coil for squat.
> >
> > Ok....I know there's something incredibly basic I'm
> > overlooking. A wire that
> > needs to be changed....s gap
> > setting...something...what is it.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > duck
> >
> >
> >
> >
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