Re: Questions??

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Original poster: jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx 

I can get a fairly descent spark from the NTS about an inch and it 
makes a really load humming sound.  But you can't start with the gap 
with the electrodes separated there has to be a connection to get it 
to start or it has to be really close to being connected like 1mm 
close. (some safety thing I think. Some one at a shop said that it 
could have a gts circuit or something like that I don't remember). I 
could only ever get it to jump a very small gap with the capacitors 
since the time I bought it. I got it on ebay like a year and a half 
ago I hope I was not cheated.


With the gap working (hardly) I tried the house wire and cardboard 
primary that Dr Resonance mentioned but to no prevail.

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> Original poster: Vardan
>
> Hi,
>
> At 07:07 PM 9/4/2006, you wrote:
> >I tried using the capacitors 2 in series and 3 2's in parallel
> >and nada. Its one of the same problems I had before the spark gap
> >does not fire. There is a little zap (like shorting a 9 volt
> >battery) If I tap the electrods together which is easy because of
> >the base. But thats about it.
> >
>
> Does the spark gap fire if it is the "only" thing hooked up to the
> NST? It should make like a 1/4 inch arc. If you can't get a spark
> from the NST alone, it is probably bad.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
>

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