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I would love to get a meter than does capacitance and inductance. I’ve seen some inexpensive ones on Amazon, but I don’t know if I trust them. I don’t think the wife would be too happy if I went out and bought a Fluke.
The coils are adjustable, and I didn’t have the special ring to align them. I saw videos of some guys more or less eyeballing them into place with the mounting bosses on the mag plate and it seemed to work for them, so that’s what I did. I did order the alignment ring, so when that finally comes in I will be sure to set the coils with that.
For kicks I put an inductive pickup on the secondary wire and measured voltage. It only spiked to around 6kV. I estimate it needs closer to 20kV. Once I get it running I’ll measure it again and see what a healthy spark looks like on the scope.