Re: Nathan has some success!

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Nathan has some success!
From: Grayson B Dietrich <electrofire-at-juno-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 16:59:30 -0700
Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

Hello, Nathan, comments below

On Mon, 10 Jan 2000 07:17:48 -0700 Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> writes:
> Original Poster: "Nathan Ball" <nateburg-at-hotmail-dot-com> 
<snippo>
> BUT..
> After several minutes (not continuous) of working, the spark gap 
> stops 
> firing. (this was just as I got the camera out to record the new 
> record... 
> coincidence, or no?)  The tranny still hums like before, but no 
> spark gap 
> again.  All of my connections are good, the capacitor is working, 
> and the 
> NST even draws the same length of arc as when the coil works, but no 
> spark 
> gap.  Darn!
> 
> My gap presently is an RQ,no cooling fan right now, 8 sections -at- 
> .03".

I had this same problem with my old RQ gap. I'd definately mount a small
"muffin" fan on one end of it, or find some other method of gettiing air
flow through the gap. Try just blowing through the gap a few times and
fire it up again after it has stopped firing- I seem to recall that this
got it runr a few more minutes.

> 
> Has anyone had this problem before?  It was happening earlier too.  
> Then I 
> worked on other parts of the coil for a couple days, and tonight it 
> worked 
> fine again.  Perhaps the coil will work fine for another couple 
> minutes 
> tomorrow evening...

Grayson Dietrich
http://www.electrophile.8m-dot-com

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