Re: Furnace transformer

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• Subject: Re: Furnace transformer
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• Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 23:01:26 -0600
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From: 	Daryl P. Dacko[SMTP:mycrump-at-cris-dot-com]
Sent: 	Monday, November 03, 1997 4:17 PM
To: 	Tesla List
Subject: 	Re: Furnace transformer

At 10:27 PM 11/2/97 -0600, you wrote:
>
>From: 	Pascal LeBlanc[SMTP:illusio-at-nbnet.nb.ca]
>Sent: 	Sunday, November 02, 1997 10:27 AM
>To: 	Tesla List
>Subject: 	oil Furnace transformer
>
>Hey there,
>
>I'm kinda new around here, kinda building my first coil...  (no need to
say more I think uh? ;)  well I'm thinking of using an oil furnace
transformer to drive my primary but I think the transformer is not working
properly, it says it's rated at 10Kv/23ma.  10kv, sparks from the
transformer alone should be about how long?  right now they're about 1
millimeter long, shouldn't it be like half an inch long or so?
>
>Thanks,
>Pascal

Yep, about 1/2" is right. Sounds like you have a shorted secondary.

You can try bakeing it to re-melt the tar, or chipping the tar off to
see if it's a carbon track causing the short. Look in the archives for
details...

Daryl

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