Re: HELP ME PLEASE!

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: HELP ME PLEASE!
From: Kevin <knardell-at-mailhost.accesscom-dot-net>
Date: Sat, 04 Jan 1997 00:55:07 -0600
Subscriber: knardell-at-mailhost.accesscom-dot-net Fri Jan 3 21:42:40 1997
At 11:24 PM 1/2/97 -0700, you wrote:
>Subscriber: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com Thu Jan  2 23:21:58 1997
>Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 05:15:24 GMT
>From: Jim Fosse <jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com>
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: HELP ME PLEASE!
>
>
>>Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 19:05:21 -0600
>>From: Kevin <knardell-at-mailhost.accesscom-dot-net>
>>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>>Subject: Re: HELP ME PLEASE!
>>
>>
>>>>>                                           __________
>>>>>                                          (__________)    Toroid
>>>>>                                               (          18"
>>>>>                       Gap                     ( 
>>>>>     -----------------||---------)             (  
>>>>>     HV1     |                   )             ( 
>>>>>             |                   )             (   
>>>>>   To        _                   )             (
>>>>>  Neons      _  caps             )  Primary    ( Secondary
>>>>>             |                   )             (
>>>>>             |                   )             (
>>>>>     HV2     |                   )             ( 
>>>>>     -----------------||---------              ( 
>>>>>                      Gap                      ( 
>>>>>                                    ------------     
>>>>>                                    |
>>>>>                                    |
>>>>>                                  -----
>>>>>                                 / / /  Dedicated RF Groundrods
>>>>
>[snip]
>>
>>
>>Jim, the coil works like I have it, just not doing anything big, I have not
>>fried my neon,
>YET! You will:( I have; many others have also.
>> only blew the caps because I opened the gaps to far. If I set
>>the system up like you said to, and I did, it don't work and the gaps won't
>>fire. The neon sits there and goes hummmmmmmmmmmmm.
>>
>>
>Kevin,
>	It sounds like your SW caps are resonating with the leakage
>inductance of your neon (this produces a higher voltage) and without
>the higher voltage the gaps will not conduct.
>
>You have 6 3.5" ice tea bottles (memory here). Maybe Bert can
>calculate your capacitance (hint, hint;) 
>
>While Bert's working, try the parallel gap/series cap with a smaller
>gap setting.  The only thing you have to lose by not trying this are
>your neons.
>
>	jim
Ok, you got a deal jim. BTW I might wanna do some trading for some
capacitors if anyone has some polys they would part with.
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