RE: Model T First Light - Take Two

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Original poster: "David Kyle by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dave-at-kyleusa-dot-com>

Hi Bart,

Thanks. I think that poor little spark coil is about wrung out with a
1000pf. I have a small 7.5KV 30ma neon transformer on order and, just
for grins, I will see how that performs but the real purpose of the
mini-coil was to use that old spark coil and to that end I consider it
highly successful. Being battery powered and at this low a power also
makes it a great learning tool since it is very unlikely to do much harm
without a good deal of effort.

What I am really excited about is taking the things I learned building
it and applying that knowledge to my large coil which I know has masses
of untapped potential.

Thanks again for all the help.

Dave 


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Dave Kyle
Austin, TX USA
Email: dave-at-kyleusa-dot-com


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Subject: Re: Model T First Light - Take Two

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

Hi Dave,

Congrats on getting the Model T running! Your coil is a nice setup and
can
obviously handle a
whole lot more than your giving it. I guess now you will be looking to
increase that spark
length. Without change of power supply, I'd suggest double up on the
capacitance and see if the
supply can charge it (I assume that would be a matter of reconfiguring
the
caps for 40kV,
2000pF). Other than that, I'd say try another current source. Just some
thoughts, I know you
may just want to play around with it the way it is right now.

Take care,
Bart