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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3270 on: January 16, 2013, 12:28:55 AM »
Anyhow. I have some yellow wiring to get back to
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Ahhh - a Lucas Loom - don't let the smoke out.

Monochromatic would make sense.  Odd color, though.  I’ve seen them in orange and bright red, albeit only for short periods of time.
 
Eventually they tend to become mostly black. 
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3271 on: January 16, 2013, 01:17:02 AM »
 In an effort to put things right I've done you a diagram Grumm, it's as I remember how it went, you should be able to sort it from here....



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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3272 on: January 16, 2013, 01:26:55 AM »
Looks like my wiring! Make sure add another Yellow to ground!@ :-D

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3273 on: January 16, 2013, 01:44:22 AM »
Yep, Yellow, with green terminals
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3274 on: January 16, 2013, 02:01:32 AM »
I'm running 10° valve locs with a fancy shape that holds a lash cap

At the risk of sound like more of a tosser than normal, is turning up some lash caps an opportunity to fix some of the rocker geometry sagas?

Those coils will give you a blue spark, I think James would prefer yellow ones.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3275 on: January 16, 2013, 08:04:05 AM »
I would make the lash caps out of yellonium.  :cheers: Wayno

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3276 on: January 16, 2013, 10:20:00 AM »




Grummy, that resistor will be a 440 K.
 
Looking over the schematic, I'm a bit confused.  I'm not seeing provisions for a power supply, so should I assume you're using passive banana technology?  Very old school.  Just be careful of potassium electrolytic discharge.  If you switch out to an active banana, I’d try to find some sort of latex sheath, and wrap it tight before I used it.  A lot less clean-up should it blow.
 
Or you could just shunt it to frame.

It's good that you have the smoke reservoir in the circuit.  Once the banana discharges, it gives the circuit time to recharge.

Again, very old school. 
     
If you want to further tune the engine, I'd suggest an audio taper pot. 
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3277 on: January 16, 2013, 03:53:32 PM »
[Looking over the schematic, I'm a bit confused. 

In which case you should leave it to a qualified Yelectrician. :cheers:
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3278 on: January 16, 2013, 04:05:10 PM »
^^^^^^^^^^^thats bad!

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3279 on: January 16, 2013, 04:35:44 PM »
I'm not sure about the red coils, and this year I think we'll use ceramic ducks
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3280 on: January 16, 2013, 05:08:17 PM »
Stand back, citizens, the man has a banana sheath.

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3281 on: January 16, 2013, 05:51:00 PM »
Stand back, citizens, the man has a banana sheath.



Looks a tad uncomfortable compared to what I had in mind! :-o

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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3282 on: January 16, 2013, 05:55:51 PM »
yeah, you can't beat new age ceramics......

Stand back, citizens, the man has a banana sheath.

There is nothing he cannot do, no tool he does not have.....but I have to admit, that one surprised even me.
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3283 on: January 16, 2013, 06:25:58 PM »
"Problems are almost always a sign of progress."  Harold Bettes
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Re: Australian Belly Tank
« Reply #3284 on: January 16, 2013, 06:48:25 PM »
You didn't include a proper phase inverter.  See attached schematic diaphram:

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