[TCML] first light

[Clive Hansen <mrclivehansen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings All,
   This evening, I just powered up my new coil for the first time. 
Three burned caps later, I had 3-6 inch streamers dancing on the top 
load. I have pictures of the coil on my site here: 
http://clivetech.thruhere.net (only works from 6:30 to 21:30 PST and the 
pictures during operation are poor at best). The secondary is quite long 
(thanks Miles) however, my primary is very short. It only reaches 5 
inches up the secondary. I have a larger primary, however, it is very 
large in diameter and there is about 3 inches of room on all sides of 
the secondary when it is in this primary. Would switching these 
primaries have a large increase on performance? Additionally, when I add 
my topload, a toroid made from heating duct, I can see a faint arc 
between turns on the side of the secondary about 4 inches from the top 
of the primary. There are no streamers at the top when this occurs. Is 
this a flaw in the insulation? Can it be repaired? Finally, my cap is 
only 1nf as this is the only one I currently have. My power supply is 
15kv@450va. Could this small cap also be a cause of the poor performance?

Thanks to all for their advice,
Clive

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Clive Hansen
http://clivetech.thruhere.net

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