Congrats Joshua,
Welcome to this fun world of making sparks.
Warning...it can be addictive in a good way :^)
Keep tweaking this fella...the fun has just begun...it is fun to further
improve output of these coils experimenting.
Chris Reeland
Ladd Illinois USA
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On Sun, Nov 14, 2021, 7:07 PM Joshua Thomas <joshuafthomas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I am pleased to report my spark gap TC is working successfully with a new
>> secondary coil. I was able to achieve 14" arcs to a rod connected directly
>> to the bottom of the secondary, without any tuning. This was using a
>> 4"x18"
>> toroid topload; I have not yet tested with the 1"x12" toroid topload I
>> also
>> created.
>>
>> I also discovered I hadn't put sufficient space between some of the
>> component leads of my Terry filter, and it began arcing over; a small
>> problem to solve. Thanks again for everyone's assistance.
>>
>> Short video clip: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/heB2ssnwV-o
>>
>> Joshua Thomas
>>
>>
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