Re: The Twins won't work together?

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Original poster: "S & J Young by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <youngs-at-konnections-dot-net>

Scott,

Are you sure your two coils are phased correctly?  I.e. when one toroid is
positive, is the other one negative?  I imagine you have already ruled this
out, but you could try swapping connections to one of the primaries just to
be sure.
--Steve

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Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 5:28 PM
Subject: The Twins won't work together?


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Rscopper-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> Just like a couple of siblings...
>
> First light last night - the Twins don't like each other very well.  I had
> sparks everywhere except where I wanted them - down the sides - at the
ground -
> to the primary, but not to each other.  I could only run at about 1/3
power
> without racing sparks up and down the secondary.  Some of you twin coil
system
> designers c'mon over and give me a hand.
>
> The most interesting part was adding my old 12-inch dia. coil between the
two
> Twins and connecting it to ground. Then the Twins got real nasty and
attacked
> the third.  I've got some video to sample and post with some
measurements -
> stay tuned....
>
> Scott
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