Re: Sparking off the secondary problem (more info)

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Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

Question: the mentioned secondary core was PVC, I believe, which has a
moisture absorbing characteristic.  In your opinions, if the core material
is acylic, what benefit is there to coating the interier of the former.  If
the coil size is not overpowered then do these kind of problems go away?

Gerry R.
Ft Collins, CO

 > Original poster: "tmoorezz" <tmoorezz-at-adelphia-dot-net>
 >
 > Hey Sean,
 >
 >      Sounds like you have too much energy going in to secondary than it
can
 > handle. How wide do you have your spark gap set to it probably shouldn't
be
 > more than 0.25" wide. Also it could be a problem with coupling, try
raising
 > you secondary up so that the bottom turns are even with the flat plane of
 > the primary coil, if you have an inclined primary it is most likely over
 > coupling. The best thing to do is raise the secondary a few inches about
the
 > plane of the primary coil and the racing sparks should stop, then lower it
 > down until you get a few again, and then just raise it slightly up again
so
 > they stop.  I could better determine what's going on wwith your coil if
you
 > supply all the specs of your coil. Oh make sure you have taped your
primary
 > coil to tune to the right frequency, if you don't have it properly tuned
you
 > could be force driving the coil or underdriving it. a little trick to
tuning
 > is use a varaic and slowly power u, when the coil is in proper tune it
will
 > start to fire at a low voltage, mine usually fires around 25vac, might be
 > diff for you. See its like trying to use a microscope and only using the
 > course adjustment knob to focus, its hard to get in to focus, now if you
use
 > the fine adjustment knob it becomes a crystal clear image, so fine tune
your
 > coil even the tiniest move on the primary coil can make a world of
 > difference for the performance of your coil. Dose you coil have a carbon
arc
 > on it if so you probably need to replace it, if its fixable then try
sanding
 > all the burnt material off and the apply polyurethane. I usably put allot
of
 > coats of polyurethane on my coil, the last one I put about 20, lol I had
 > some time to kill before the rest was finished but its looks beautiful,
like
 > a glass shell. I hope this helps and I probably can help more if you give
 > all the info about your tc system. Peace!
 >
 > Nolan Moore
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