RE: My 4 inch tesla coil - part 2

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Original poster: "david baehr" <dfb25@xxxxxxxxxxx>


having that connection of the inner pri turn  sticking up like that 
is not good , connections should run below,....that goes for your 
pri.   tap point also ,

  the under side of my primary  has open access ,  so nothing is 
prodruding above to create corona and possible flash over to the 
sec.,..... on my 4" coil







From:  "Tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:  tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject:  My 4 inch tesla coil - part 2
Date:  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:27:10 -0600
>Original poster: "Hydrogen18" <hydrogen18@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>I've made the suggested improvements to my primary coil, which you
>can see here:
>
><http://www.hydrogen18.com/projectlogs/hivolt/4inchtesla/>http://www.hydrogen18.com/projectlogs/hivolt/4inchtesla/
>
>and the results here:
>
><http://www.hydrogen18.com/projectlogs/hivolt/4inchtesla/4_15_2007/>http://www.hydrogen18.com/projectlogs/hivolt/4inchtesla/4_15_2007/
>
>Questions arising from such:
>
>- I've got rather active arcing from the primary to the secondary
>now. How do I solve this. More layers of shellac on the secondary?
>Even if I eliminate the breakout point from the secondary that I
>unintentionally created, I think it's just going to arc from the
>first turn to the secondary.
>
>- Is there any hope of repairing the secondary? Although it has tiny
>burnt spots on it, it doesnt seem dead yet..I'm getting pretty good
>performance. No shorted turns im guessing. Can I sand the carbonized
>areas off with high grade sand paper before re-shellacing?
>
>- Before anyone mentions it, yes I'm still using the same terrible
>spark gap. I don't think that's much of a concern at the moment
>given my other problems.
>
>Eric
>
>



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