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To: "'Tesla List'" <tesla@pupman.com>
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Subject: Outdoor performance problems
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From: Tesla List <tesla@stic.net>
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Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 23:39:34 -0600
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From: Adam[SMTP:absmith@tiac.net]
Sent: Saturday, January 10, 1998 6:38 PM
To: tesla list
Subject: Outdoor performance problems
I had my coil running really well indoors this morning (65ºF and dry), and when I put it outside (38º F, moist) I got some puzzling problems. I set the tuning the same as it was indoors, and upon firing up, I got sparks going up and down the surface of the secondary. I retuned, and it turns out that I had to go from exactly 6 turns of primary to 4.5!!! Why the huge difference? I measured my caps, and they only went up 0.005%, so this does not account for it. And even once in tune, I had trouble getting breakout from the bare toroid.
When I first got the thing in tune I wa getting 43" sparks, and 30 minutes later I was down to 30". Seems like temperature was affecting something.
-Adam
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