Re: I need help with my crappy coil

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Subject: Re: I need help with my crappy coil
From: "Ruud de Graaf" <rdegraaf-at-daxis.nl> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:11:22 -0600
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> Original Poster: "m0neyfromyuba" <m0neyfromyuba-at-netzero-dot-net>
>
> I need some help my coil only makes one inch sparks
>
> Transfomer: an MOT thats current limited to about 0.45 amps by a oven
> heating coil.
>
> Tank cap: MOT cap-2100 volts .7 microfarad
>
> Spark gap: single gap 1/16 inch
>
> primary: flat spiral 9.5 turns of 0.125 inch copper wire. outside diameter
> is 7.5. and inside diameter is 2.5 inches.
>
> Secondary: 9 by 1.5 inch secondary on a pvc. Total turns 656
>
> This coil really sucks...i had to go with an MOT because i had no access
to
> a NST or an OBIT.  The circuit is the same as a standard tesla coil with
> capacitor in series with the primary without any inductors or safety gap
>
>
Hi 'm0neyfromyuba',

You could start to get yourself a nice second MOT. Then blow the holes in
that arc with a vacuum cleaner! 0.45 Ampere is not so easy to quench!

The MotMan