Ion Traps

[Geist]

HI All;
VTS1134, Have you also tried to rotate the trap once you have some picture.. Not the back and forth or front to back, that you have at the present.. But, once it shows a picture, then turn it on the neck of the tube going round and round slowly at that same position, looking for a better picture.. You may have it in the correct front to back position, but not the correct in relation to what the gun needs for full output. My clue is the cuttoff of the picture.. Now it may also, be low current in the coil, as well.. One possibility would be to disconnect one wire and wire in an Amp Meter and see what the figure actually is.. And using Ohms Law see how close it is to what it needs to be.. Check what the Schematic shows and what you actually have on your set for its values.. And compare them.. Since on the Schematic you have the Resistance and the voltage drop, you could figure the current flow.. I am not ready to power my set up as of yet.. Maybe Bob Could help, yet from His Video He is not that far along either..
THANK YOU Marty