RE: [TCML] Questions on grounding

["Jim Mora" <wavetuner@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:53 AM
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Subject: Re: [TCML] Questions on grounding

Hello Christopher (and everyone else who responded),

I haven't had time yet to fire up the coil at night since I grounded the 
secondary and nst case to earth ground. Will do tomorrow night. I also 
relocated my spark gap so I can blow air on it. Right now I am still using 
the cartridge bolts but I got a 120v 100 cfm boxer fan about 2" away blowing

air on it. If it improves the output, I'll look for a blower fan that really

cranks and see if that works.

Of course I need to be more exact in my breakout measurements so I am going 
to mount a grounded wire on a pole and set on a tripod so I can accurate 
measure the spark length to gauge improvements.

I am also thinking I may be over coupled. The inside of the primary is 
almost flush up against the secondary form. The primary is about 1" lower 
than the bottom of the secondary coil. If I try to raise the primary so it 
is even with the secondary winding, I get sparks. So I may rewind the 
primary out another inch or two.

Thanks for everyone's input so far.

Joe

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