Re: Two Questions

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hello Ion-Boy.

On 27 Nov 2001, at 12:54, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<PeterCGMN-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
>     1) The other night I was entertaining with my TC and a question arrised 
> that I could not answer: What makes a Tesla coil so darn loud? 

Streamers are forming on nS-type timescales rapidly heating air. The 
sudden heating produces a supersonic shockwave. The sound is a mini 
sonic boom.    

>     2) Although this is completely unrelated to the first, what would happen 
> if the spark gap was shorted out? (besides the obvious jumper melting thing 
> ;0)

Nothing (useful at any rate) ;)

Malcolm