No you would not short the secondary but that was a way for me to simulate
the voltage transients in the circuit.

I will post a circuit if I can ever figure out the lockup problem, I thought
the zener fixed it but I still seem to be having lockup problems.

Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Ferrell" <johnferrell@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 2:04 AM
Subject: Re: [PIC]:High Voltage problems help - Additional info and
observations


> I must have missed something.
> What happens when you put a spark plug across the secondary?
> Is there ever a need to short the secondary?
> I would also like to build a spark generator for a model engine.
>
> John Ferrell
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