Re: First Light - And Then Darkness...

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Original poster: "C. Sibley" <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>

I tracked it down to a blown capacitor.  One of the
40KV doorknobs I am using went out to lunch.  Doesn't
bode well...

I'll definitely add a NST protection filter before I
put my precious 120mA NST into it...

Thanks for all the help.

Curt.


--- Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Original poster: FutureT@xxxxxxx
>
> In a message dated 1/3/06 6:16:12 PM Eastern
> Standard Time,
> tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
>
> > The spark gap may be too wide to fire.  Cleaning
the
> gaps,
> and adjusting them a little narrower may let them
> fire again.
> Also the NST may have shorted out partially due to
> carbon
> tracking in the tar.
>
> John
>
>
>