Re: A new mini-coil competition winner!

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Original poster: "Karl L." <karl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Mike,

You're right, of course.  I was finally able to scope the gap firing, 
and I found this:  At low variac setting (25 - 40%), the gap fires 
less than 120 bps.  At mid variac (~ 40-60%) gap fires exactly every 
1/2 AC cycle.  At high variac setting (60 - 100%) the gap fires twice 
in quick succession, then rests until next 1/2 AC cycle.  I tries 
measuring the current with my kill a watt meter, but it is 
overwhelmed by the RF hash on the line and shuts down.  With no 
secondary or caps in the circuit, the NST draws about 140 - 168 watts.
On Jun 8, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Mike" <mike.marcum@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> With a  resonant cap the bps is probably alot more than 120. 
> Measuring the primary current draw would help.
>
> Mike