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

[David Dean <deano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday, March 29, 2013 09:26:22 AM Andrew Webster wrote:
> I swung by the local metal recycling facility yesterday and got some .25
> inch tungsten rod I'll have to cut down and ordered a new sheet of
> phenolic. I'll have the new gap up soon.
So maybe it takes twice as many "few seconds" to melt the tungsten as the brass.

In order to "cure" the power arc you need to reduce the power (via suitable 
ballast) to a level the coil and gap can process.

IMHO
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