Re: I need Tesla coil HELP PLEASE

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Original poster: "Chip Atkinson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <chip-at-pupman-dot-com>

I think the first thing then is to try to get the mmc cap to work.  Find
out what the problems are before proceeding with another one.  

A lot of the trouble you may be having could be due to your soldering
technique.  Also, if your soldering iron/gun is too small, you'll end up
melting your components before you get the wires hot enough to solder.
You should make sure the solder wets the ends of the wires.  Also, do you
have them wired properly?  If you made a mistake and accidentally wired a
cap to itself and essentially broke the string, you won't have a working
cap. 

The MMC caps are pretty darn good.  I'd suggest getting it working rather
than using doorknob caps.  They have a rather bad reputation for extended
usage.  

Have you tested the cap separately, out of the tank circuit?  

Chip

On Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Andrew Robinson wrote:

> Ive tried the following: Plate, bottle, and MMC capacitor. All have failed. 
> My newest cap was a hundred dollar MMC and it didn't work! It looks like 
> crap. Hint, im not great at using an iron! What do I do? Im looking into 
> building a capacitor from doorknob caps so the connections will be easier. 
> Her is the specs of the current cap:
> 
> 0.0053 uf
> 28 caps per string
> 1 string
> 15/30 trany
> 
> If you can help me, please e-mail me back at this address- Poofyman-at-msn-dot-com
> 
> Thanks, Andrew
> 
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