Re: Ignition Coil - Thanks and Results

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Original poster: "spoonMAN by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>

I'll second that.. I use a 3uf starter cap and get
absolutely NO heating even after extended runs.. and my
coil is low on oil.. it's old and it leaked out.. (haven't
had time to make another enclosure)

Ben McMillen

--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I tried as you suggested and put a 3.5uF cap from a motor
> starter (?) in
> series with the dimmer switch and I got a very small
> (~6KV) arc from the
> dimmer. I ran it on short for about a minute and there
> was *no* heating
> whatsoever. I tried it with a much larger 10uF cap, and
> it seemed to work
> much better. I could draw up to 2 inch arcs off it, and
> on short it got
> slightly warm. I will try the 6uF and the 10uF in series
> just in case it is
> a compromise, but thanks for all the help!
> 
> Regards,
> Jason
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 3:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Ignition Coil
> 
> 
> > 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
> >