MOT coil does not light

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Original poster: "Aaron Aab" <striker754-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

First of all my coil is,

15 turn primary, made of 6ga wire, spaced 1/4 inch apart.
30.5" x 6.25" secondary, 7X24" toroid

string of 6 caps and a string of 5 for a total voltage of 10kV and 0.055 uF

I originally was running the 9kV/60Ma NST on it until I could get these 
wired up.

The MOTs are wired in series with the center 2 MOTs hooked to the core. 
They are covered in non detergant motor oil. Trying them off the coil 
without oil, I couldn't draw an arc without first touching one lead to the 
other then pulling it away. Thus, the spark gap wont jump unless they are 
almost touching.

When the gap does light, nothing happens. I tried both my blower gap made 
from a plastic PVC tee, and my 2 bolts design

Any ideas? I thought MOTs were supposed to be almighty and create big 
sparks...LOL

Aaron