Re: Ignition Coil

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
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> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Hhchicken1-at-aol-dot-com>
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> Hi Jason,
> You are connecting the ignition coil, limiter cap and dimmer all in series
> aren't you? Also I'd think 20uF was a bit big, especially at 240v, but it
> still shouldn't kill the dimmer THAT badly :)
> Don't just connect the dimmer and coil with no cap, or you certainly will
> cook either or both of them.
> Good luck,
> Henry

	I think that 20 ufd is way, way too big for a 240 V circuit.  I have
observed a lot of heating using a 6 ufd capacitor on a 120 V dimmer,
although no failure.

Ed