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Re: Grounding ?'s
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To: tesla@pupman.com
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Subject: Re: Grounding ?'s
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From: FutureT@aol.com
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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 13:51:42 -0500 (EST)
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Subscriber: FutureT@aol.com Sat Feb 15 15:45:15 1997
<< One thing I was curious about, when I ran it for the science
> fair, many times it would not run from the start, I would plug it in and
> the spark gap would fire a few times and then the thing would just hum.
>In order to get it to work I had to plug it in and unplug it several
>times and eventually it would get going. Is my safety gap arcing over
>or something.
> Anyway thanks again for your help I really appreciate it.
>Adios
>Ronnie
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Ronnie,
It sounds to me as if your gaps are set too wide, making the system
hard-starting.
John Freau