Re: Car Ignition Coil (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 20:21:37 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carl Bradley <old_fogey@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Car Ignition Coil (fwd)

I used to make Tesla coils in the 60's with Ford Model T coils with great
success.  But they all had magnetic interrupters.  If you are just using a
regular ignition coil, you will have to interrupt the primary circuit with
some type of "points", as the coil only puts out high voltage when the
magnetic field rises and decays.

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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






    Carl Bradley (old_fogey@xxxxxxxxx)
   
  "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it."    ----Albert Einstein  




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