RE: Loud pop (?)

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Original poster: "Derek" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


 >Anybody know what would cause a loud pop or snap every few  >seconds?
Can't locate it exactly but it sounds like it's coming from  >around the top
of the secondary closer to the toroid. I see no racing  >arc's etc. The
sound doesn't seem to be related to the streamers.

I had a similar loud pop coming from (apparently) the top of my secondary,
after a lot of investigation I found that I was getting an arc from top to
bottom down the inside of my secondary coil form. I actually made a 45 deg
mirror assembly that fitted below the torroid to prove it..

After cleaning the inside of the coil form and adding a couple of baffles
the problem went away.

	Derek