Re: Ignition Coils

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• Subject: Re: Ignition Coils
• From: "Mike Harrison" <mike-at-whitewing.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2000 06:59:29 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 17:33:39 -0700, you wrote:

>Original Poster: "Alex Crow" <user-at-alexcrow.clara-dot-net> 
>
>AAAAAARrrghhhh!
>
>DONT plug it into the mains!!!!!! It may explode and it will certainly pop
>your breakers!!!! This sounds so dangerous even I wouldn't try it!!! These are
>induction coils, not transformers.
...well not directly anyway. You can get some inpressive sparks using
a series capacitor (2-4 uf, suitably voltage rated, e.g. motor run
capacitors) and a normal triac light dimmer. 

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