Re: Car Ignition Coil (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:28:59 -0400
From: khalil@xxxxxxxx
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Subject: Re: Car Ignition Coil (fwd)

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> Date: Thu, 17 May 2007 19:10:38 -0600
> From: Michael Robinson <muze801@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: Car Ignition Coil
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> 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. 
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> 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. 
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> Any ideas?
> Sincerely,
> Michael Robinson

You have to have a light dimmer in series with the coil and the cap. You would
want a 600W dimmer.