Re: spark's aren't what they should be

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Original poster: "Eastern Voltage Research Corporation" <dhmccauley-at-easternvoltageresearch-dot-com> 

19-21 inches is a theoretical number

Depends on a number of things:

A.  Tuning (is your coil tuned properly)
B.  Coupling
C.  Overall Design (Primary / Seconday)
D.  Spark gap design (gap distance for static gaps)
E.  etc...

Dan


  i have used a few different tc designer's and all of them have said that i
 > should be getting 19 to 21 inch spark's but when i run my coil all i am
 > getting is 6-8 inch spark's any suggestion's would be helpful as to what
 > could be causing this thanx
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