Re: Making a very small TC using an ign. coil

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

Hey all, 
   What exactly ARE the specs on a GM HEI coil? I keep
hearing about them and i'd like to know why they're better
for HV use than just any old ignition coil.. ;)

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,
> 
> My physics teacher is leaving the school at christmas,
> and I want to build a
> very small TC for him. I want to know if anyone has tried
> this before,
> because I have heard that the voltage spikes etc. from a
> TC are really good
> at killing iggy coils. Also, I need to buy a KV and mA
> meter to measure the
> output of the coil so that I can build my primary cap.
> The coil is a unipart
> coil, but I am considering purchasing a GM HEI coil
> because they are more
> well known by the group and are high quality. Any advice
> (especially KV
> output and mA output of the coil) would be very much
> appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
> 
> 
> 


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