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Re: First light

Hi Brad,

I like the little christmas coil 8-) very artistic.

Your secondary is much to long, might make a interesting bi-polar
coil though.  The secondary should have a height-width ratio of
4-1 to 5-1.  With a 3" diameter secondary you will have better luck
with 28awg mag wire.  Your spark gap looks good to me.

You might consider cutting your secondary in half and making a 
twin tower out of it.

Cheers,
Bill Parn
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2000 11:10 AM
Subject: First light


> Original Poster: "Brad DiGiovine" <Guido28-at-mediaone-dot-net> 
> 
> I finally got all my equipment set, mmc's soldered, transformer found,
> and everything all wired up.  I flipped the switch and no sparks.  I
> went up to the toroid and was able to pull 4" streamers to my finger,
> obviously the voltage was not high enough for breakout.  I am running
> 15kv-at-30ma nst.  I think one of my major faults is my spark gap, it can
> be seen, along with pics of my coil at: 
> http://people.ce.mediaone-dot-net/guido28/ .  I think the other problem may
> be that my secondary is wound out of what looks to be 17-18awg magnet
> wire on a 3" form about 31" high.  Another fault i believe may be my
> mmc.  The caps i am using seem to not like tesla use, but what can you
> expect for $20 for 100.  They are rated for .01uf -at- 4000v.  But hey, for
> the first time i can't complain!  Any comments would be welcome,
> especially about my diagnosis.
> 
> Thanks a lot,
> Brad DiGiovine
> 
> 
>
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