Gazing Ball top load,....

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Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I got a chance to run it at night, now I can see a bit of corona off 
the top winding of the sec. Also, had a couple of break out sparks 
out the coil, one about half way up, and another about 3/4 of the way 
up from the bottom, not racing sparks, just very small ,...maybe from 
previous damage from months before when I hooked up a rotary.  I put 
a little epoxy on thoeses small pin holes on the sec., hope it helps 
But the coil is really running well, other than that.........I didnt 
notice the small sec . sparks before, With the smooth balls holding 
off the breakout a bit more than the dryer duct , would that put more 
stress on the secondary winding ??