DARNIT!!! not again

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Original poster: motosk8er2@xxxxxxx 

Well i set up my new coil with a temporary primary just to test the 
secondary and it worked great, nice sized streamers. But then the 
rotary spark gap stopped arcing across and all i was left with was a 
rather loud buzzing noise. After a long inspection i found that where 
the screws for the capaciter terminal is the voltage jumped threw 
about 1/2 inch of wood and into my concrete basement floor making a 
neat squigle pattern burned onto the ground. I fixed that problem 
with some rubber feet to insulate the board from the ground, i then 
turned on the coil and worked fine for about 3 seconds then it died. 
When i turn it on it is just dead silent. Voltage is getting to the 
transformer but just not getting out. Would that be my transformer 
blown like i was thinking and if so does anyone know a good source 
for realy realy cheep nst's. im running a 15kv nst and im on a realy 
tight budget. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks, andrew