Re: Odd/errratic TC behavior. Why?

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Original poster: "jpeakall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jpeakall-at-mcn-dot-org>

Garry,

Any way to determine if this is true?
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>Subject: RE: Odd/errratic TC behavior. Why?
>Date: Fri, May 11, 2001, 7:06 AM
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>Original poster: "Garry Freemyer by way of Terry Fritz 
><twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <garry-at-ndfc-dot-com>
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>Perhaps the gap is power-arcing, or not firing at the right time on the
>peaks or inverse peaks of the cycle eather too early or too late, and maybe
>on the 120, it's power arcing rather than being quenched at the right time.
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>The spark gap effects the primary, and secondary, but it goes both ways too.
>Perhaps the spark gap is not firing at peak voltage thus your spark from the
>120 is shortened.
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>Think of a TC system where the spark gap breaks at the right moment on each
>peak and valley for a BPS of 120.
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>Then there are the systems that might break at only the peaks and not the
>valleys for a BPS of 60 cps.
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>Then there are systems that fire too early or too late, or don't quench for
>a few cycles and the energy just bleeds away reducing spark length.
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>There might be systems that the spark break rate is too high, not allowing
>buildup of voltage or current.
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>Best of luck getting it working. I hate blowing caps.
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>Subject: Odd/errratic TC behavior. Why?
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>Original poster: "jpeakall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
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> It was firing fine over a
>range of SG adjustments, just no secondary output. When I tune the primary
>really low, I get some yellow sparks off the top of the tank cap.
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>So I pulled out my 12kv/120ma that I have for my new system I am building. I
>was a little concerned, as my coil is small, and I thought I'd have to run
>at low power, as the .025 is close to a res cap for this tranny. Anyway, to
>make a long story short, same deal. I tried gaps from .25 to .05. Nada. What
>gives? It fires the gap great.
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