Re: Ignition Coil

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Original poster: "Liviu Vasiliu by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <teslina-at-yahoo-dot-com>


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> 
> Tesla list wrote:
> > 
> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> <Hhchicken1-at-aol-dot-com>
> > 
> > Hi Jason,
> 	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
> 

50 uF at 220 VAC = instant failure of a 800 watts
dimmer. For 10 uF the discharge from the secondary is
very strong, but the coils is heating a lot, in
approx. 1 minute.

vasil


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