Are you sure your capacitors are ok? Sounds like there's a short there at
high voltage. They may not measure a short with a meter. What sort of caps
are you using?
On Fri, May 8, 2015 at 1:10 PM, Kerry Soileau <kerrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ok guys I got a weird issue here.
> I hooked my tesla coil to my variac and started to ramp it up. It stated
> firing around 80 volts and then it stopped. Tried it again and nothing
> happens but my 120v fan turns on. So I took it off variac and went to
> mains. Still nothing. I swapped transformers to my other nst 12kv 39mA and
> still nothing. I took the primary and secondary coil off the base and only
> left the spark gap connected and it sparks across the gap. None of my
> wiring looks burnt or broke connections or anything. All the caps are fine.
> No burn spots etc. when I hooked it all back up it still won't fire but if
> I take it apart and just leave the spark gap it sparks across. WTH? Any
> advice is appreciated. Can't figure this one out.
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