RE: Tuning help Thanks ED

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Original poster: "Dwight Harm" <dwighth-at-traxsoft-dot-com> 

John,
What length sparks are you getting?  We're running a 2-MOT supply also, but
with a voltage doubler.  This makes quenching the gap a lot easier, and
mostly it uses other M.O. parts (caps and diodes).  We're getting 20" sparks
with 4 M.O. caps as capacitive ballasting on secondary.  We had 24"+ sparks
2 weeks ago, but "finishing" our salt-water caps seems to have lowered their
capacitance quite a bit... still researching that.

Also, your secondary seems a bit low in turns -- most recommendations seem
to be in 1400-1600 turns range.

Dwight.

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2003 3:54 PM
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: Tuning help Thanks ED
 >
 > Original poster: John <fireba8104-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Thank You Ed,
 > I got it in tune. I tried what you suggested. At first it didn't work,
then
 > I redid all the wiring, I was using for testing, and it worked!
<snip>
 >  >Transformer
 >  >120v 60Hz
 >  >2 Mots stacked for 4800vac
<snip>
 >  >Secondary
 >  >aspect ratio of 6:1
 >  >3 inch by 18 inch
 >  >#24 enameled magnet wire
 >  >about 900 turns
<snip>