Re: 81" Continuous Arcs!

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Original poster: "Sam Barros by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <list-at-powerlabs-dot-org>

At Tuesday, 12 June 2001, you wrote:

>Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest.
>net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>

>Your not speaking out of turn. I know twin-coil sparklength has 
been looked at
>this way per previous posts on the subject. I personally have difficulty
>identifying sparklength potential because in a twin setup, there 
is quite a few
>more mechanisms at work (i.e, potential differences, spark channel 
effects,
>proximity effects, etc..). 
>
>Here's a question I have. If say a 10kVa twin produces 20 foot arcs to
>eachother. If the twin is seperated to 25 feet beyond their collective
>potential, is each twin then still capable of 10 foot arcs? 


 In my experience, no. My Twin Tesla Coils always produce their longest 
arcs when they are able to connect; otherwise the sparks are actually 
smaller than for a single coil working at the same power level. More 
information at http://www.powerlabs-dot-org/coil2.htm

 Sam Barros.
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 "If at first you don't suceed, increase the amperage!"