It's alive... now what??

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Original poster: "Robert Hughes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <rfhughes-at-epix-dot-net>

Ok I fired our coil tonite... 3 times ... first time the saftey gap and
spark gap fired... ok so we seperated the saftey gap a little more...
try #2 spark gap bridged constantly... fixed that and #3... Spark gap
just wouldnt fire... another thing about the toroid... it's 3ft long
dryer hose wrapped in foil tape... would that be large enough/small
enough to break out on a 3-4 ft secondary... also about the capacator...
I filled it with pedialyte about 4 inches deep... is this ok... 

Many questions so little time... 
Mike Hughes

P.S. -not bad for a bunch of 13-14 year olds eh???