RE: Racing sparks

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Original poster: Thomas <tom-at-pwrcom-dot-com.au> 

Thanks John that's something I didn't think of, but it will be easy to
check.

Regards,

Tom.

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

In a message dated 1/30/04 1:09:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:

 >Unfortunately it's too good. After about 5 to 10 seconds of operation I
 >start to see racing sparks on the secondary.


Tom,

The spark gap may be heating up and the quenching may be
failing, despite the forced air in the gap system.  I had one
coil which behaved that way.

John