Re: 'Nother First Light, but........

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Erik,

Do you mean 0.0119 and 0.0133uF?  0.119uF is about 10X too big ;-)

It sound like maybe a cap problem to me.  Like the cap is shorting or
getting leaky (electrically) when it gets to a certain voltage.  Could be
an NST problem too.  However, you say you have tried other caps and NSTs...
 Hmmmm...

Cheers,

	Terry

At 03:59 PM 6/15/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi there list.
>
>'Nother First Light post. :-)
>
>these just something not quite right, however..
>here's the new coil specs..
>
>9kV/30mA Franceformer NST (just untill its tuned, then I switch to a 
>12kV/60mA)
>Single gap SG, with a 12v muffin type fan.  Steel contacts.  Itll be used 
>untill I find the time to finish the RSG i've got sitting on the garage 
>floor.
>Geek-Group type SW bucket cap -at- roughly 0.119uF.
>(or a 0.133uF MMC w/ the 12kV NST)
>13 turn primary with 0.25 Copper Tubing, 0.25 inch spacing on 6 PVC 
>supports.
>1036 turn secondary, 8.1" by 28" form, 22awg magnet wire, 11 coats of Behr 
>"spar varnish" type polyurethane.
>Doughnut type toroid, aluminum foil covered w/ 12 inch radius using 3" 
>aluminum dryer ducting.
>
>
>Problem is, I have to set the Gap to around a 1/16th of an inch to get any 
>sort of stable usage.  Any larger than that, and the coil will fire 
>repeatedly for around 2-3 seconds, the go dead, pause and repeat.  I've 
>tried the gap, different cap's, coupling etc.
>
>Any hits/suggestions??
>Thanks
>Erik
>"Just say Auuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh"
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