Re: Weather/coil performance

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Original poster: Terrell Fritz <terrellfone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi,

Something must be drastically wrong.  Perhaps a connection came loose 
somewhere or something is shorting.  The weather alone would not 
cause this.  I suspect something happened to it in the last 
week.  Recheck all the wiring.

I think if it were reheated to 75 degrees it would still not 
work.  Some part might have failed too...  Might as well start 
checking everything...

Cheers,

        Terry


At 07:29 PM 1/16/2007, you wrote:
> Original poster: jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> How do different types of weather effect coil performance?  I ask 
> because my coil was working fine last week when it was around 75 
> degrees.  But the temp has now dropped to a nice normal 30.
>
> I can get the spark size that the coil  produced but only when the 
> spark is going into a grounded object. As opposed to the operation 
> last week when it would just discharge into the air.  Not even a 
> small spark into the air.
>
> I am guessing the problem is either the temp or humidity because 
> nothing else has changed since I last used it.  Just been sitting on 
> the table.   I tried re-tuning it to see if that would help but it 
> tuned at just about the same tap point.  So i don't know.
>
> Many Thanks
>
> Jay Howson