building tesla coil first timer \ will not fire up

wjyates · #1 Feb 9, 2008, 10:08 AM

I have car coil driven by 555 ic that part seems to work fine
from car coil I have 3 20Kv 500pF caps then my spark gap
conneted to my pri. pri is 3/16 copper wire 8'' dia approx 6'' tall
at 7 windings
sec is 28ga wire 3 1/2 dia 14 1/2 '' tall 1080 windings
can't get any spark at the spark gap
seems like caps are not charging

can anyone help
THANKS

statictable · Mar 5, 2008, 04:46 PM

WJ, I can't help you but did want to say, Great Work...Fun ...hope it fires for you. ST



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