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Re: [TCML] 1st Run
Ah yes, didn't the ground wire pass through your secondary carriage bolt to get to the safety gap? So whenever your safety gap fired, there had to be a huge amount of power coursing into that bolt, and potentially through your secondary... Am I right?
On Jul 19, 2010, at 8:59 AM, Miles Mauldin <teslamiles@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> I'd say something was wrong for sure.... Yes, .06uF primary capacitor. JavaTC
> specs are here -> http://www.cmnow.com/TeslaMan/Miles%20Specs.txt
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> I think a big part of the problem was to secure the secondary with a carrage
> bolt and using it for the RF ground connection and having the HV side of the
> secondary inside the tube too. These two connections were onlyy 20" apart, an
> easy jump for 1.4kVA input power.
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> Cc: Miles Mauldin <teslamiles@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sun, July 18, 2010 9:09:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [TCML] 1st Run
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> Hi miles, something must be terribly wrong here. It looks like you have .06 uf
> in your primary capacitor. From the picture it doesn't' look like your
> secondary would be in tune with your primary circuit. can you give us the specs
> on your secondary coil?
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