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

[Andrew Webster <andrew600rr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks much!

No the mots are unmodified. I tried to pull the shunts out on a tiny spare
I had that I was not worried about wrecking. It was a no go. I figure you
would have to pull them apart, at least the ones I have, to get the shunts
out.
On Mar 31, 2013 9:25 PM, "Jon Danniken" <danniken@xxxxx> wrote:

> On 03/30/2013 08:26 PM, Andrew Webster wrote:
>
>> All,
>>
>> I cannot thank you enough for you time helping me out with this. I
>> took all of the advice that I received and went to work. I pulled it
>> all down, checked it piece by piece. The big task at hand was my power
>> supply. I pulled the entire thing back out of the oil and set it up on
>> the workbench, hooked up one of my spare mots backwards to get a nice
>> 6.3v input and started testing my phasing and wiring. Once I had that
>> complete I dropped them back in the oil and started on a ballast. The
>> easiest thing I could do right away was a shorted MOT.
>>
>> Well, I got first light tonight! And what a show it was. Seeing as I
>> am still working on the ARSG I just used my sucker gap but it runs and
>> runs well. I haven't even had time to tune it yet but it lives and it
>> was a great show and a wonderful night!
>>
>> Thank you all again!
>>
>> Here is a video of it up and running!
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?**v=6Nq-X-xtEGw<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Nq-X-xtEGw>
>>
>> Have a wonderful night!
>>
>
> I forgot to ask you earlier, did the MOTs you used in the power supply
> still have their shunts, or did you pop them out?
>
> Congrats on getting your coil going, it looks great!
>
> Jon
>
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