Re: Ignition Coil - Thanks and Results

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Original poster: "Jason by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>

Hi all,

I tried as you suggested and put a 3.5uF cap from a motor starter (?) in
series with the dimmer switch and I got a very small (~6KV) arc from the
dimmer. I ran it on short for about a minute and there was *no* heating
whatsoever. I tried it with a much larger 10uF cap, and it seemed to work
much better. I could draw up to 2 inch arcs off it, and on short it got
slightly warm. I will try the 6uF and the 10uF in series just in case it is
a compromise, but thanks for all the help!

Regards,
Jason
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Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: Ignition Coil


> Original poster: "Liviu Vasiliu by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <teslina-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>
> --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
> > Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> >
> > Tesla list wrote:
> > >
> > > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
> > <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
> > <Hhchicken1-at-aol-dot-com>
> > >
> > > Hi Jason,
> > I think that 20 ufd is way, way too big for a 240 V
> > circuit.  I have
> > observed a lot of heating using a 6 ufd capacitor on
> > a 120 V dimmer,
> > although no failure.
> >
> > Ed
> >
>
> 50 uF at 220 VAC = instant failure of a 800 watts
> dimmer. For 10 uF the discharge from the secondary is
> very strong, but the coils is heating a lot, in
> approx. 1 minute.
>
> vasil
>
>
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