Re: Small coil questions?

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Original poster: dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com 

Your coil is not in tune.  As the primary capacitor increases, the amount of
inductance (or number of turns) required for resonance at your operating
frequency
will decrease.  You need to change the primary tap when changing capacitor
sizes.

Dan


 > Well i finished the coil today. I overdrived the nst to 67 mA. I tried
using
 > 33 nf mmc i can tune coil and get 8 cm sparks. When i tried 60 nf i cannot
 > tune coil 2 cm arcs, then i tried LTR 90 nf mmc nothing only mm or so
spark?
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