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First Light Great, Second Time Not So Great...
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- Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 22:42:18 -0600
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Original poster: "Daniel Koll" <dk_spl_audio@xxxxxxxxxxx>
I finally finished my first coil. It is a 12/30 16" X 3.5" coil. I ran
it on Friday and it was great, I just guessed on the tunning by looking at
the spark output. Then on Saturday I was going to run it for some friends
and family. I plugged it in beforehand and something happened. It started
arcing from the middle of the secondary (24 AWG coated many times with
polyurethane) to the bottom of the secondary (didn't arc to primary
though). Also, streamers were coming out of the top winding on the
secondary, not just the toroid (6" steel ball). I tried lowering the top
load but it didn't help. It was more humid on Saturday than Friday, not
sure if that matters. Any ideas? Thanks