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Re: spark energies



Tesla List wrote:
> 
> >From 100624.504-at-CompuServe.COMFri Nov  1 21:35:32 1996
> Date: 01 Nov 96 08:05:26 EST
> From: Alan Sharp <100624.504-at-CompuServe.COM>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: spark energies
> 
> >Any thoughts on this guys!
> 
> This is a great idea. I think we can safely ignore the energy
> that goes into sound - it requires very little energy to make
> a lot of noise. And also the energy that goes chemicaly into
> making ozone atc - if we were making substancial amounts
> we would be choking on it - not smelling it.
> 
> I did consider measuring the light output from the arc
> using a simple exposure meter - if we could get a base
> line from your experiment then perhaps we could use
> light output as a way in inferring the energy in other arcs?
> 
> Alan Sharp


Alan I am sure light and length bear on the final energy, but it would be 
real tought to establish a transferable base line for all to use.  You 
could establish something on a trail basis with a specific system.  Nice 
thought though.



Richard Hull, TCBOR