Re: Mot coil troubles :(

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Original poster: "colin.heath4 by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <colin.heath4-at-ntlworld-dot-com>

hi
a obit bank should require less of a cap than a mot supply what cap are you
running?

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Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 4:13 AM
Subject: Mot coil troubles :(


> Original poster: "Tom Stathes by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<newphreak_16-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
> Hello all
>
> I recently put togeather a twin MOT supply for my
> coil. (actualy, now im using a 4kv plate transformer
> with the 2 mots wired as a ballast) I decided uppon
> this system because it was too hard (expensive) to get
> a good cap for my OBIT bank.
>
> I thought that now all my problems were solved...
> However, my coil is more pathetic than ever.  While it
> looks nice, it dosent preform that well.  After i get
> it in tune i can only get 20in max discharge.  I tried
> a rotary gap, and got bad, almost no results.  Then i
> tried an airblast gap, worked a little better but
> still not great.  I think that the only problem is my
> spark gap, but i dont know how to design one that will
> work well at this voltage/power level.  If anyone
> could help me out i would be most thankfull.
>
> --Tom
>
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