Re: Ignition Coil

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Original poster: "Ron Hubbard by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hubbard_ron-at-hotmail-dot-com>




>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Ignition Coil
>Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 13:51:50 -0600
>
>Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
>
>Hi all,
>
>I just got my hands on a new ignition coil from Unipart. I hooked up a
>dimmer switch, and started to draw arcs. Suddenly, a cloud of white smoke
>erupted from the dimmer, and the wire wound on the ferrite core has
>literally melted. What am I doing wrong?

Did you have a 1uF or 2uF, 660 VAC cap betweenthe dimmer and the ignition 
cap? That has always worked for me.

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