[TCML] Tesla coil keeps shutting off

["Jarrah" <jarrah_reay@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Iv just finished building my second tesla coil and am having problems
keeping it working. All the wiring seems fine but it will only run for a
couple of seconds and then the spark gap stops firing. The NST keeps humming
which I'm pretty sure means that its primary is still getting power. It is a
15kV/30mA standard electric works NST from 1990, which doesn't have any
indications of having a GFCI (not that I would know what to look for I
admit). It has a RQ style spark gap that is quenched by two large computer
fans. 

 

Any ideas for what might be causing this? Any advice would be greatly
appreciated. 

 

 

Jarrah Reay

0425212528

jarrah_reay@xxxxxxxxxxx

www.skepticalsayhow.blogspot.com

 

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