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Re: Inactive coil



to: Andy

You have fell into a trap many new coil builders do.   Start with some scrap
house wire and a 24-30 turn pri.  Then you can find the proper tap for
resonance.  Replace to wire to make it look pretty later --- but you need
the scrap wire to find initial resonance to be sure it's not outside of your
9 turns.  Otherwise, nothing will work to get it running. Experiment
first --- make it neat later.

Regards,

Dr.Resonance


-----Original Message-----
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Thursday, May 06, 1999 5:15 PM
Subject: Inactive coil


>Original Poster: "Andy Cleary" <gemware2-at-dreamscape-dot-com>
>
> I have completed the coil as mentioned earlier, but as of yet I have not
>seen it do anything special.  I have tuned the safety gaps, and everything
>fires normally.  I do not get any sort of output from the coil, however.  I
>have increased the coupling in order to reduce the arcing, and it no longer
>sparks.  My only problem now is that it does nothing.  I have tried the tap
>in different places, I have tried it with and without a toroid, I have
tried
>different transformers, etc.  Is it possible that the secondary coil is the
>problem?  Perhaps did it suffer damages from the arcing?  It seems as
though
>if it were a case of bad tuning then I would at lest get some kind of
>reaction on the toroid, no matter how small.  I did drill a hole in the
coil
>form and fed the wire into the pipe, then through smaller pipe to the
>toroid.  would that be a problem?  My primary coil is only 9 turns, could
>that be the problem?  I have tried a different grounding wire and more.  I
>do not understand what the problem is.  The problems are normal for me, I
>have never had anything work on the first try.
>
>Thank you for hearing my complaints,
>
>-Andy
>
>