Re: breakout points

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Tesla729-at-cs-dot-com>

In a message dated 5/18/03 3:21:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
Hi Dr. R, all,

I think you may have hit the nail on the head. I did happen to notice
that the secondary coil was rather dusty that evening after experienc-
the racing spark problem. I wiped it down and tried briefly firing it again
WITH a breakout point in place and it did not exhibit the racing sparks
this time but I'm uncertain as to whether the addition of the breakout
point or the removal of dust from the secondary coil was responsible
for the absence of the racing sparks. Looks like more test firing is in
order :^)

David Rieben

David Rieben


>Original poster: "Dr. Resonance by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
>
>
>The usual culprits are improper tuning and improper coupling, but since this
>was a working coil without problems, I would suspect dust on the sec.