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Re: [TCML] Coil Died
Assuming you're tuned, you might want to check for tracking inside your secondary.
Dan K.
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>From: Tim Flood <tfloodrr@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "tesla@xxxxxxxxxx" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 9, 2013 3:36 PM
>Subject: [TCML] Coil Died
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>The coil that I just silver soldered together the broken brass strip
>primary will now only produce a weak purple spark from a break-out point.
>It performed fairly well with the broken primary. Help!
>
>The rest of the story is while I had things apart I replaced the four
>paralleled door knob caps with an MMC string of 12 .15uF caps in series.
>The door knob caps produced .011uF and the MMC string .0122 uF per my
>Wavetek meter. Also increased the gauge of all the tank circuit wiring.
>Everything else remained the same.
>
>The first attempt produced a very weak, purple single discharge. I moved
>the tap point on the primary which improved the performance a little, but
>then several white arcs shot down the length of secondary. There was no
>apparent damage. After that I could only get a weak discharge from a
>break-out point no matter where I tapped the secondary.
>
>I do need to use this coil in the near future and will appreciate any help.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Tim Flood
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