Re: H-E-L-P!!!

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Original poster: "Joseph M. Geiss by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <joseph20-at-home-dot-com>

Heya

I still have yet to make my first coil (parents, mother actualy) but from
what I have seen in the past posts
along this line you may want to check your tuning on the coil. Try sliding
your tap around and see what
happens. Good luck

Joe Geiss

Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Ted Rosenberg by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Ted.Rosenberg-at-radioshack-dot-com>
>
> Hi Terry:
>
> NOTHING. No output.
>
> I setup the coil last night.
> I applied power and I am pleased to report that
> 1. the external NST box and it's HV cables are fine.
> 2. the triggered gap runs well. snap-snap-snap-snap and bright!
>
> But...no output...streamers..sparks..arcs.
> I checked the DC resistance of the secondary and it is dead on with Bart's
> Java script:  45 ohms.
>
> I checked various cabling which also appears OK.
> The new LTR MMC...I checked DC voltage after a short run and it has a slight
> voltage...about.05 and dropping.
>
> What now?
>
> There is so little in a coil how do I troubleshoot?
>
> My PC at home is still down.
> I plan to bring the coil with me to the Teslathon on Saturday and hopefully
> Bert Pool, Phil Rembold etc might find the problem.
> But I thought I'd ask if you have any ideas I could check tonight.
>
> Depressed!
>
> Ted