RE: Superior Power Supply

["Basura, Brian" <brian.basura-at-xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-xxxxxxxxxx>)]

Alan,

I have to disagree. When I had my coil set up to run in a DC mode I was
able to let the RSG spin down to less than .5-bang per second and the spark
length wasn't effected I was still getting 5'-6' arcs). What was noticeable
was the thickness and brightness of the arcs decreased as the bang rate
dropped below 4-5 bangs per second.

Maybe Kevin O. has some comments on this. His DC coil ran at any break rate
if I remember correctly...

Regards,
Brian B.



		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
		Sent:	Wednesday, November 15, 2000 11:18 AM
		To:	tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
		Subject:	Re: Superior Power Supply

		Original poster: "Kelly & Phillipa Williams" <kellyw-at-ihug.co.nz> 

		<snip>

		>>>This voltage only has the capability to 'jump' across
		about twelve inches. The (ten-foot) arcs produced by tesla coils are
		only produced because after one 'resonation,' the toroid makes a spark
		about twelve inches long, and then the spark dies, but the next 'resonation'
		and the next spark comes so close after the first one that the 'channel'
		of ionised air is still in place, and the second spark travels down this
		'channel'
		and then jumps another 12 inches, and so on, out to perhaps ten feet.

		I saw this demonstrated by Malcolm Watts, when I went down to see him awhile
		ago. He has this gadget, with a flyback transformer and a small ordinary
		transformer,
		that he powers the tank circuit with, and the coil will run at ONE bang per
		second.
		this goes 'click' 'click' etc, and the spark coming off the toroid to a
		grounded object
		is only twelve inches long because the plasma channel has long since gone.
		(This
		coil is capable of 5+ feet arcs normally.)

		I'm not sure about what BPS number at which this would start to have effect,
		limiting
		spark length though.

		Regards,

		Alan Williams.