Re: Transformer...

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 11/6/01 7:46:08 PM Central Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<< ok i just got my 15 kv  with 30 ma  transformer made by ACME  it is pretty
 old.  i hooked it up to do a simple jacob's ladder and well nothing
 happened.  can't figure out what is wrong with it but i saw the guy hook it
 up and test it though i can't seem to find out why it isn't working.  any
 ideas??
 Thanks,
 Chad Jewell
  >>
Chad,
Make sure the transformer is good.
My guess is that you have the gap too wide for the spark to initiate. Setting 
the gap can get a little tricky because if the gap is too close the spark 
will just sit there and not get hot enuff to rise.

Cheers,
Ralph Zekelman