RE: troubleshooting tesla coil, continued (fwd)

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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:52:42 -0400
From: Rich Winders <rwinders_3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: troubleshooting tesla coil, continued (fwd)


i think your capacitence is way to small it does not store enough
joules for every charge .. it is only being charged 55% and .. yes it
matchs what the design is telling you to have but 7 pf thats so tiny 
your trasnformers best recomented sizeis 0.019 and the cap your using is
0.007 i think the you should look into a larger capacitor maybe from ebay
or an mmc and readjust your primary acordingly..

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      From:  "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
      To:  tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
      Subject:  troubleshooting tesla coil, continued (fwd)
      Date:  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:43:18 -0600 (MDT)
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      >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:19:45 -0400
      >From: Marko Ruban <Marko@xxxxxxxx>
      >To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
      >Subject: troubleshooting tesla coil, continued
      >
      >Hello guys, I'm back from a long summer vacation.  As per
      previous
      >suggestions I have acquired an old NST transformer (12kV,
      60Hz, 60mA
      >output).  And the spark gap does run now with
      capacitor/primary in
      >circuit.  However, there's no visible effect on the topload,
      still.
      >Could it be that badly un-tuned?
      >
      >Please see the photo of my simple setup and make any
      suggestions...
      >http://marko.dppl.com/TC_setup.jpg
      >
      >The flat rectangular thing in front, is the capacitor, which
      should be
      >about 7pF.  Can't make a more specific measurement since my
      new
      >multimeter is still in the mail.  Spark gap is on top of the
      NST, and
      >consists of two screws facing each other (about 0.2"
      adjustable
      >spacing).  Wire running in the back to the right is the
      ground.
      >
      >Also, here's a dump of JavaTC for my coil...
      >http://marko.dppl.com/coil.txt
      >
      >Thanks in advance for any assistance.
      >
      >
      >


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