Re: First light with pig power

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Original poster: "BunnyKiller by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com>

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>Original poster: "J. B. Weazle McCreath by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <weazle-at-hurontel.on.ca>
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>Hello Coilers,
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>I'm a few days away from first light with my new 14.4 KV, 10 KVA pig,
>but I have been running some tests with it on a Jacob's ladder to get
>the feel for it.  Based on what I've seen so far, it appears that my
>present "acorn nut" safety gaps will have to go, as the arc won't go
>out once struck.  Do those of you running pig powered coils just not
>run safety gaps anymore, or do you use a horn gap arrangement? 
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>73, Weazle, VE3EAR/VE3WZL
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Hi Weazle...

I most definately run a safety gap ...    3   1" dia balls   ( anything 
smaller .75" or less wont go out once started). The 2 outer balls are 
the hot sides of the supply and the center ball is the RF ground.

Scot D