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Old 10th Jun 2018, 7:49 am   #1
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Default Bach with sparks!

Continued from: https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/...d.php?t=146185

I've rehashed my plasma rig, recently mentioned here, to play music through a MIDI converter which I have yet to build.
Bach toccata and fugue with sparks !

I 've had it running at 2kv, HT.
The tank coil and capacitor get warm and my electromagnetic detector shows local energy being radiated.

But I cannot get any sparks. I thought that my feedback coil was wired back to front but if this was so why all the energy and warmth !

As its DC high tension supply rather than 50 hertz, maybe it needs an interrupter to kick it off?

So some detective work is indicated.
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