Re: 1st Tesla Coil WONT LIGHT HELP PLEASE!UPDATE!!!!!!

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Original poster: Brett Miller <brmtesla2-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Tune that baby!

-Brett
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Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
Original poster: "Nightmare"

ok, i closed the gap closer and now i get the gap to fire! but no streamers,
when i touch a rod to the torioid or breakout wire i get a like .5mm spark.
What now?

Ravi
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Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: 1st Tesla Coil WONT LIGHT HELP PLEASE!


 > Original poster: "Jim Mitchell"
 >
 > IMHO and experience 2 liter plastic soda bottles will burn through even
with
 > a small power supply. You could try glass bottles...
 >
 > Regards - Jim Mitchell
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Tesla list"
 > To:
 > Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 7:47 PM
 > Subject: R! e: 1st Tesla Coil WONT LIGHT HELP PLEASE!
 >
 >
 > > Original poster: brent meyer
 > >
 > > I think he said soda bottles wrapped in aluminum... You probably have
a
 > > short, your gap is too wide, or you have an unknown leakage somewhere.
 > How
 > > loudly is the transformer humming? They usually don't do that unless
they
 > > are under a load of some sort, so I'd venture to say you have a short
 > > somewhere. Just remember to keep your left hand in your pocket while
 > > troubleshooting, this is the time when you are most likely to get bit,
 > when
 > > things aren't working. Don't let the pressure of the deadline allow
you
 > to
 > > become sloppy. You have plenty of time to find the problem.
 > >
 > > Look at the component parts of the system when troubleshooting. Do not
 > > assume anything works. Look over each of ! the components separately,
and
msnip...