Hi Ed; Thank you for your reply and thanks also to Dave and Miles for your
replies. What I have is a dual ignition coil, dimmer switch and 24uf/370v
motor run Cap setup and this thing is really "HOT'! I didn't realize how
"HOT' until I powered a 12 inch lightning screen with a 5 inch center plate
on it. I had used the HV supply with a Jacobs ladder and other stuff with no
problems. When I powered the lightning screen with it, which is really just
a lop-sided Capacitor, it really back fired! took out a fluorescent ballast
on the same circuit and fried the mains outlet it was plugged into! Luckily
the mains outlet was remote from the wall outlet, like an outlet box with a
cord which was plugged to the wall.
I tried to find something on [Corcoms] as some suggested but could nothing.
What I was hoping was that someone could supply me with a diagram with
component values, that I could build, on the order of the terry filter.
Thank you all; Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2015 10:15 PM
To: Tesla Coil Mailing List
Subject: Re: [TCML] auto coil HV supply
What kind of coil driver circuit are you thinking of? Some will glitch
the line and some won't. With the capacitor discharge light
dimmer/thyristor approach a normal EMI line filter can raise the
impedance at the coil end so much that the peak current is limited and
sparks are cut way down.
On 12/31/2015 12:07 PM, doug wrote:
Hello; Can any one advise me on some kind of filter or device I can build
or buy that will stop any HV spikes from an automobile ignition coil high
voltage supply from backing into the mains?