RE: Metal Screws and Salt Water Caps

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

At 06:32 PM 1/9/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Chris Roberts by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <quezacotl_14000000000000-at-yahoo-dot-com>
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>Gary,
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>How badly did the NST affect performance? Our NST is located really close 
>underneath the primary and we have been getting sub-par sparks from it. 
>(9kv, 120ma, only 20" sparks) Serves me right I guess for trying to make 
>the coil compact and good looking =).


Easy for you to test... Get some longer wires and move the NST a few feet 
away. Doesn't even have to be fancy wire for the test, just make sure it's 
supported on an insulator of some sort.