Re: HELP ME PLEASE!

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: HELP ME PLEASE!
From: Jim Fosse <jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com>
Date: Fri, 03 Jan 1997 05:15:24 GMT
Subscriber: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com Thu Jan 2 23:21:58 1997

>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!
>
>
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>>>>                                          (__________)    Toroid
>>>>                                               (          18"
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>>>>     -----------------||---------)             (  
>>>>     HV1     |                   )             ( 
>>>>             |                   )             (   
>>>>   To        _                   )             (
>>>>  Neons      _  caps             )  Primary    ( Secondary
>>>>             |                   )             (
>>>>             |                   )             (
>>>>     HV2     |                   )             ( 
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>>>>                                    ------------     
>>>>                                    |
>>>>                                    |
>>>>                                  -----
>>>>                                 / / /  Dedicated RF Groundrods
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>
>
>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