Small sparks with Big kVA :-(

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Original poster: "Winston Krutsch by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <u236-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Hi All,

	I'm having the same trouble as always: I'm getting half the spark
length I should be getting.  After yesterday's promising run of my small
coil with my new MMC, I got bold and used the new cap with my big system
(not really finished yet).  The MMC was designed for the big system,
which will run at 4 kVA.

	Anyway, I was running 2kVA (I think), and barely breaking the 5 foot
mark with a few streamers.  I was using my old primary coil (flat
spiral), tuned at turn 7 for 23 uH.  The new MMC is 0.075 uF, and
resonates with the primary at approx 130 kHz.  I'm using my NEW
secondary, wound with 22 AWG for 33".  It resonates with my 6" by 22"
toroid at 130 kHz.  My PSU is the infamous twin H&R xfmr unit, which is
(in theory) good for 6600VRMS -at- 300mA.  My static vacuum gap is set at a
bit over 1/8" (the widest setting that the supply can reliably jump). 
I'm not sure about the break rate, but it's chaotic.  I didn't have time
to fool with the SRSG.  Not sure about the coupling, but I'll guess that
it's about 0.13.

	Does this sound reasonable to you guys???

	My tank wiring is short, but slim at 12AWG stranded, and it gets quite
hot after a 15 second run.  For once, my RF ground is solid.

Any more input is greatly appreciated.  I'd add more info, but I have to
go to work (at 10pm... ugh....).

Frustrated....
Winston K.