Re: Ignition coil Tesla (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:42:13 -0700
From: Frank <fxrays@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Ignition coil Tesla (fwd)

Ignition coils have one side of the HV connected to the neg terminal usually.
You must connect one end of your Tesla circuit to the neg terminal of 
the coil and the other to the HV post on the coil center and you will 
have the HV for your circuit.

Thanks, Frank

At 01:01 PM 10/31/2007 -0700, you wrote:

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>Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:15:20 +0000
>From: Simon Dodd <Simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: Ignition coil tesla
>
>Hi guys,
>
>I am new to this tesla building fun and have just finished construction my
>first coil.  However I have a problem.  I am using an ignition coil to drive
>the MMC and coil but I cant seem to get it to work properly.  The voltage is
>not stepping up at all from the input voltage. This is the coil I have built
>and everything looks fine from what I can see apart from the HV section.  My
>ignition coil only has one terminal on the output so I cannot connect it
>across the power supply in series with the MMC array.  Could someone please
>help me I am desperate to get sparking!
>
>http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/circ/hv/ss-tesla/ss-tesla.html
>
>Thanks for your help in advance
>
>Simon
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