Re: Odd coil behavior

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Original poster: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com 

In a message dated 10/7/03 3:44:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:


>Hi Everybody,
>
>My coil has been running for quite a while with no problems untill
>recently. I never changed anything so it's not something new that's the
>problem. The coil used to run moderately consistant the entire time but now
>it will run great for a while, then fizzle out and give almost nothing for
>several seconds, then pick back up for a little while, etc. I would think
>that this would be inefficient quenching that is causing this, but I
>haven't changed the spark gap for as long as it's been on the coil. The gap
>is a RQ style with a vaccum on top that draws air through slits in the
>container and between the gaps. Any ideas on what's going on?
>
>
>-Chris


Chris,

Take some steel wool or light sand paper and clean the copper tubes of the 
gap.  I guess it could be the caps or the transformer but I would start 
with the gap.

Ed Sonderman