Re: I Need Help!

• To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
• Subject: Re: I Need Help!
• From: Parpp807-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2000 06:47:30 -0600
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
• Delivered-To: fixup-tesla-at-pupman-dot-com-at-fixme

In a message dated 4/22/00 9:40:14 PM Central Daylight Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

<< My coil was giving about 5 inches then its dropped to about 1/2 an inch now
 >  it hardly works at all - the spark gap sort of fizzes with a faint purple
 >  arc but it will ony jump about 1/2mm. I think the may be something wrong
 >  with my NST one side jumps about 3/4 of an inch to ground and the other
 >  jumps about 1/4 but it only did that before and it worked.

Oliver,

My 15/60 NST gives a juicy 2-inch spark from each side of the sec to ground.
Your NST may be cooked.

Cheers,
Ralph Zekelman

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