Some sucess, w/ a flourecent bulb

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Original poster: "pjj by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jjenkins-at-satx.rr-dot-com>

If i take a 4' Flouresent bulb and attach it to the top if the secondary coil
the most i can light is one-half of the bulb (no topload - just the bulb) and
thats at a lil under 4 turns on the primary. 
 
I did notice however that whe the spark gap stutters a few milliseconds the
bulb lights more (not much over 1/2)
 
So i'm figureing either the spark gap needs streched out a bit (which with an
mot is hard (HARD)) or the primary isn't coupled tightly enough to the 2ndary
there is quite a bit of clearence since the inner of the primary is 8.5 inches
and the outer of the secondary is 2.5 so thats 3 inchs, the bottom turn of the
secondary is even with the pancake primary
 
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Paul J Jenkins