Re: The Twins won't work together?

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Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>

Scott,

Sounds as though the coils may not be phased correctly. Swap the
connections going to ONE of the primaries and try again. BTW, GREAT
looking system and a very nice web site!! 

Best regards,

-- Bert --
-- 
Bert Hickman
Stoneridge Engineering
"Electromagically" Shrunken Coins!
http://www.teslamania-dot-com

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> 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