Re: Flyback Transformers

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• Subject: Re: Flyback Transformers
• From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
• Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 08:16:47 +1200

Hi Jeffrey,


> BTW what is it with streamers, anyway?  My other coil produces 22"
> streamers to a grounded target.  But, while making this
> measurement, I watch as other, longer streamers zip (zap?) right
> past said target.  Why is the ground ed target a less attractive
> destination for TC discharges?

The coil does not produce enough voltage to go directly for your rod.
The streamers grow with repetition in whatever direction they started.

Malcolm

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