Re: Questions??

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Original poster: jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx 


I have it set up like this                 {{{{}}}}
N----------|------||-||-||-||-||-|----3     8
  |               O           caps           3     8
T           spark gap                      3     8
 |                O                             3     8
S----------|---------------------3     8
                                                         |
                                                         ground

I was messing with my home made glass Tin foil capacitor and I did 
something that made the spark gap work. It is now in fact quite noisy 
and I have the bolts separated by about 7mm .  I am still trying to 
determine why my store bought caps do not do what they should.  Could 
it be that they don't say pulse on them or are they just bad.
After I got the gap to do something I tried to use the house wire and 
tune it again. But there was never any change.

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> Original poster: acmq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Original poster: jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> > When I have the transformer connected to just the spark gap I can
> > pull an arch of about 1 inch.
> > And even when the gap is slightly working with all 20 (6000volt 0.015
> > caps) in series there is hardly any noise and that way I can pull a
> > gap of about 4mm. I can get about 3mm if I use a tin foil glass cap
> > that I made.
> > Just the transformer and gap without capacitors makes more noise than
> > when it is connected right.
>
> Capacitors in series with the gap and transformer output? The capacitors,
> with the primary coil in series with them, shall be in parallel with the
> gap and the transformer output. Or, in other words, the primary capacitor,
> the prim ary co il, and the gap, must be connected in series, with the
> output of the transformer connected in parallel with the gap.
>
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz
>
>