RE: Tried again tonight, still have problem

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Original poster: "Philip Brinkman" <peeceebee-at-mindspring-dot-com> 

Try supporting  the torroid on a plastic base. I have mine mounted on top
of a tupperware cake pan bottom, I have seen large plastic saucers at Home
Depot which are used to collect water from potted plants, they come in all
sizes, and are heavy plastic. This additional insulation should keep
streamers from going down. My coil never sparks down.


 > [Original Message]
 > From: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
 > Date: 11/30/2003 12:12:12 PM
 > Subject: Tried again tonight, still have problem
 >
 > Original poster: "Robert Hanford" <pomnept-at-comcast-dot-net>
 >
 >
 > Hi all,
 > My secondary doesn't appear to have any additional marks inside it. The
 > toroid is 27.5'' from outer edge to edge and 8'' diameter aluminum duct
 > covered in al. tape. The problem is that all of its output is directed
 > donwards. I have raised the secondary quite a bit. The toroid too.The
system
 > uses 2 15k-at-70ma NSTs ,320 nF primary cap and a sucker gap set at .25 ".
 > Secondary is 6.32''. I don't see any visibly sharp objects on the bottom
of
 > the toroid, but will look at that closely. Still looking for clues. Didn't
 > come up with anything exactly like this on pupman search. I suppose /hope
 > its something dumb/simple. Still looking for ideas!
 > Many thanks,
 > Robert Hanford
 >