Re: Car Ignition Coil (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 18:45:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: Tim S <stm800@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Car Ignition Coil (fwd)

you need a circuit to pulse the coil.just like flipping the switch very fast.
  are you good at building a small circuit using a couple of parts?
   
  e-mail me off list and i will lend you a hand in making it work..
   
  tim

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Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:10:38 -0600
From: Michael Robinson 
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Car Ignition Coil

I've been trying to get a car ignition coil to function as a power
supply and can get a single thin spark about an inch long every time i
complete the circuit but it won't spark again after that unless I
repeat.

I'm running with a 10uF cap that I pulled from an air conditioner with
mains power (120v) and I tried some much lower capacitance caps with
the same result.

Any ideas?
Sincerely,
Michael Robinson