Re: The Twins won't work together?

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Original poster: "D.C. Cox by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net>


It might be a good idea to stick a 36" long rod off each twin until you get
the tuning right.  Racing sparks is usually a sign of too little capacitance
in the system.  You might try adding some more caps to drop the res. freq.

Dr. Resonance




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Subject: The Twins won't work together?


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Rscopper-at-aol-dot-com>
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> Just like a couple of siblings...
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> 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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