Re: [TCML] At a loss. No light on second coil

[Dan Kline <misterpaslow@xxxxxxxxx>]

You might have a look and see if there has been any carbon tracking inside your secondary.
Dan



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> From: Andrew Webster <andrew600rr@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: Tesla Coil Mailing List <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> 
>Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 5:26 PM
>Subject: [TCML] At a loss. No light on second coil
> 
>Hello list,
>
>I hope you all can help me here. I am at a loss. I have finished my
>second coil after a very successful first build. My first build was
>powered by 2x Franceformer 15kv 30ma NSTs, 14.7nF Saltwater Cap.
>Primary: .25inch copper tube with .375 spacing for a total of 11
>turns. Secondary: 4.5 x 24 1097 turns of .24 on a PVC pipe. Toroid was
>your basic 4x22 dryer duct. I was also able to use a 4x28 but the 22
>provided better results. Forced air static gap
>
>For my second coil I wanted to go bigger! So I built a 4 pack MOT
>stack and wired for 240. Center grounded and under oil. There is no
>ballast on this and I can draw some nasty sparks off of this. I also
>setup a MMC 14x10 942Cs for a total of 108.71nf. But I have reused the
>primary, secondary, and toroid off of the first build
>
>I am using a static sucker gap as I melted the brass off of the ARSG
>in seconds. The static gap is holding up better to the heat until I
>can get some tungsten.
>
>The issue is that no matter where I tune it I cannot get anything out
>of it. I have checked my connections. Checked ground. Cap is firing,
>the gap is deafening. I know it is all working but no spark. I checked
>on Tesla Map, Java TC, and a good old piece of scrap paper and a
>calculator and I should be on turn 4-5 for an initial tune. Going out
>to 10 every half turn and and down to 2 where the safety gap fires
>almost instantly and nothing.
>
>My thoughts are that I have too much current for my tiny secondary or
>I am flat out missing something.
>
>I will be very grateful for any help and I want to thank you all in advance.
>
>-Andrew
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