Need help maximizing sparks - quick!

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Original poster: "Patrick Leonard by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <transactoid-at-rogers-dot-com>


I am supposed to present my coil this coming friday, so I quickly need to get
my TC tuned for maximum spark output (and maximum audience impressing :)  I
have a variety of components but I'm not really sure how to combine them to
produce the maximum spark lengths possible. I'd love if you guys could give me
some advice.
 
Power: 12/30 nst or 15/30 nst <--which ever would work "best" with my other
parts...
 
Primary: 15.5 turns of 0.25" copper tube, spaced 0.25" with 6" ID.
 
Secondary: I have two. Both wound on 4" PVC.  One is 28" wound with #28 AWG the
other is 24" wound with #24 AWG <--which ever would work best with my other
parts...
 
Spark Gap: RQ style, no cooling.
 
Capacitor: I have mananged to obtain some MMC caps (thanks a lot). They are 2
strands of 15 caps each.  Each individual cap is .22uF at 1250VDC. Based on my
other components what would be the best arrangement?
 
Toroid:  Please help here....what size looks appropriate?
 
I'm sort of a newbie here and I don't have the empirical knowledge or
mathematical know-how to come up with the best arragnement of the components.
I'm sure I should be able to obtain 3' - 4' arcs, but I have no idea how.
 
Thanks a lot,
Patrick.