Inactive coil

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Subject: Inactive coil
From: "Andy Cleary" <gemware2-at-dreamscape-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 08:12:10 -0600
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	I have completed the coil as mentioned earlier, but as of yet I have not
seen it do anything special.  I have tuned the safety gaps, and everything
fires normally.  I do not get any sort of output from the coil, however.  I
have increased the coupling in order to reduce the arcing, and it no longer
sparks.  My only problem now is that it does nothing.  I have tried the tap
in different places, I have tried it with and without a toroid, I have tried
different transformers, etc.  Is it possible that the secondary coil is the
problem?  Perhaps did it suffer damages from the arcing?  It seems as though
if it were a case of bad tuning then I would at lest get some kind of
reaction on the toroid, no matter how small.  I did drill a hole in the coil
form and fed the wire into the pipe, then through smaller pipe to the
toroid.  would that be a problem?  My primary coil is only 9 turns, could
that be the problem?  I have tried a different grounding wire and more.  I
do not understand what the problem is.  The problems are normal for me, I
have never had anything work on the first try.

Thank you for hearing my complaints,

-Andy