Re: New Coil/RSG Annoyance

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

In a message dated 4/17/02 10:04:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
writes:


>
>     Anyway, I spend two hours using systematic trial and error to try to
> phase my SRSG, and couldn't do it.  Whenever power was applied, no
> matter how high/low the variac was set, my safety gap fired madly.  I
> was attempting to run at 240 BPS.
>
> My Q's are:
>
> 1. Does the rotary trouble stem from my STR tank cap (0.075 uF)?  I have
> had the same type of trouble with my big coil (it also ran STR).



Winston

your cap value should be basically OK.  Maybe your safety gap
is simply too narrow?   You may be losing about 10% spark
length due to the thin tank wire, then again, maybe not.
Usually these photocopier systems are run at 120 bps.
They can give a 9 foot spark or so.

Cheers,
John