Re: [TCML] Flashover Follow

[otmaskin5@xxxxxxx]

Hi Miles, I have found it fairly easy to just raise the secondary.  If you have the secondary bolted to the to the primary deck, just loosen the bolt and use blocks of wood or plastic as shims under the coil.  I usually raise it 1/4" then run it briefly to see if that eliminates the racing sparks.  In not, raise it another 1/4" and repeat the process until there are no more racing sparks.  Good luck.  Dennis Hopkinton MA


-----Original Message-----
From: Miles Mauldin <teslamiles@xxxxxxx>
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tue, Dec 7, 2010 8:31 am
Subject: [TCML] Flashover Follow


I searched the archives and have read through the posts found regarding 
lashover or racing sparks.  My conclusions are that changing the top load has 
ittle effect in most cases, changing the bang rate can provide relief if it is 
ot set properly and the only approach proven successful is decoupling for a 
ower k coefficient.  Did I miss any?
I increased power and have seen this effect a couple of times.  I want to 
ddress it before I continue any testing and potentially causing damage.  Of the 
many methods I read on how people decouple their coils my preference would be to 
raise the secondary (verses cutting out primary turns, unwinding turns of the 
econdary, etc...) Are there any opinions on one method verses another?
Thanks,
iles
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