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Re: Humid atmosphere
At 10:25 PM 6/3/96 -0600, you wrote:
Hello Paul:
>>From Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-comMon Jun 3 22:23:47 1996
>Date: Mon, 3 Jun 1996 17:09:11 -0400
>From: Esondrmn-at-aol-dot-com
>To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Re: Humid atmosphere
>
>In a message dated 96-06-01 14:38:58 EDT, you write:
>
>>>Paul and The Group,
>>>
>>>On my small 15KV -at- 60 MA neon powered coil, inside the dry house in
>>>winter the streamers are only about 3 feet long. Indoors or out on a
>>>same temperature very humid summer evening the streamers are about 4
>>>feet long. That's a full 25% improvement! I've seen this coil behave this
>>way
>>>over and over again. I'm certainly convincved!
>>>
>>>Happy coiling!, rwstephens
>>>
>>>Reply- Even more confused; PAUL. If the streamers should be longer in the
>>moist air, then what effect is killing my Tesla coil and leaving me with
>>sparks that would look small on a cigarrette lighter?
>>
>>I did some checking with the signal generator and the oscilliscope to check
>>the resonance of the secondary in the jungle atmosphere. When I am alone the
>>resonance was within a reasonable limits as it was when I first set it up
>>alone. As someone aproached and got within 15 feet of the coil the resonance
>>changed dramatically and went so far off the scale I could not find any
>>resonant frequency within the range of my signal generator, until the
>>visitor went away.
>>
>>If one person, (outside the protective cage) can effect the resonance in
>>this way, could the crowd be making the secondary resonance unusable? How
>>does one body, 15 feet away, make any difference to the resonance of the
>>secondary coil anyway?
>>
>>Or is it the conductivity of the air? Could the air be so conductive that
>>any voltage is conducted away to earth before there is enough voltage to
>>create an arc?
>>
>>HELP!
>>
>>
>>PAUL MILLOTT (Failed again)
Out of curiosity, please describe your ground system. There is a possibility
you have a an insufficient path to ground causing the coil to float.
In that state it would appear to me the coil would be more sensitive
to capacitive reaction.
Thanks
Charlie
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