Re: 1st Tesla Coil WONT LIGHT HELP PLEASE!

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Original poster: "Paul Marshall" <klugmann-at-hotmail-dot-com> 

Try moving your gaps closer....




Paul S. Marshall





>From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: 1st Tesla Coil WONT LIGHT HELP PLEASE!
>Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:02:52 -0700
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>Original poster: "Nightmare" <nightmare-at-bak.rr-dot-com>
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>Hi, this is ravi, i just made my first TC and it wont light, i wired 
>everything up right but it still wont light! It was grounded and 
>everything. I plug it in and nothing happens. I tested the transformer by 
>plugging it in and the terminals arc to each other like a jacobs ladder 
>and it works, but nothing happens when i plug it in! All i hear is the 
>humming of the transformer Please help. I  ve experimented and done all i 
>can . I need this done by next Friday for science fair so please help. The 
>spark gap doesnt fire either, ive tried 2 different transformers and the 
>same thing. Please email me off group for picctures since it doesnt 
>support attatchments. Here are my coil specs:
>Secondary: 22inx3in 18in windings
>Primary: ~7-8 turns of 1/4in copper tubing with various adjusted taps with 
>clip.
>Caps: 4 soda bottles covered in foil wrapped in elec. tape. filled with 
>salt water. all connected with ring terminals
>Spark gap: 2 1.25in dia copper pipes 3.25in long
>Transformer: 1st is 7.5kV 30mA 60Hz 2nd one i tried is 4.0-4.5kV 30mA 50/60Hz
>Toroid, 3in air cond duct with 2 pie plates like this >--< in center to 
>hold in place 9 in inner dia 15 in outer dia.
>Everything is conected with ring terminals and 600V hardware wire, and 
>gator clips for primary.
>I used the schematics on deepfriedneon-dot-com exept with diff. gap and bottle 
>caps instead of MMC's. Please help me I've done all i can. Again, if you 
>need pics please email me seperately and i will send them. Thank A LOT!!!!
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>A desperate 8th Grader,
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>Ravi
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>  Thanks A LOT for the help.            Thanks A LOT again
>
>Ravi
>