Re: What went wrong

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Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Hi Dan,

If just the cap was changed, then tuning is the problem, not the proximity
of the
secondary and primary. The cap changed the primary resonant frequency. You
just need to
tune for whatever cap size the bottles amount to (if you have enough turns
to tune it to
the bottle caps, it should just be a matter of trial and error).

Take care,
Bart

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<DNAForInfinity-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> Hello,
> I fired up my 4.5 by 20" coil today...with dismal results.  I have 9
saltwater
> caps that i swapped in when my real mmc wasn't working.  the spark gap was
> firing fine, but no sparks out of the toroid, even with breakout point.  I am
> thinking the reason is because the secondary is mounted about an inch
about the
> flat primary.  is this an issue?
> Thanks,
> Dan