Re: 10 Questions to help me construct my first TC

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Original poster: "J Dow by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jdowphotography-at-hotmail-dot-com>

Hi Michael

I think if you do what the folks on the list have said you will be in great 
shape.
The pri and sec coils are the least or you worries, from my point of view.
Cap sizes are easily obtained by one of the programs or the Geek's MMC chart.

http://thegeekgroup-dot-org/mmc/

The two things that are going to be the most important to your TC efforts 
are the transformer and the spark gap. 7.5 kV is to low for my taste. The 
power is not a problem but I think that a higher voltage transformer is 
going to allow wiggle room in your spark gap construction. I got a 7.5KV 
NST and had a heck of a time setting the gaps. With a multi gap like the RQ 
gap each gap has got to be set with a sparkplug gaper. I also hade 
maddening quenching problems. I should tell you that I was using a 7.5/120 
nst. (It's for sale)
If you were going to go ahead and make a triggered gap it isn't an issue. 
But 10KV to 15KV is much easier to work your gap around. And because the 
gap affects performance so much, it's nice to be able to tweak it without 
worries as to if it will fire or quench.

Really interested how it turns out

Read you later
Josh