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Re: Sparks to ground
Tesla List wrote:
>
> >From MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nzThu Nov 21 16:42:27 1996
> Date: Fri, 22 Nov 1996 12:15:57 +1200
> From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Sparks to ground
>
> Richard,
>
> > Thanks for the interesting info from the scope. The arc do have a fairly
> > long "play time". If, as suggested by others, the heavy arc breaks when
> > the primary tank is emptied, then why should a similar arc immediatley
> > break out else where on the coil? I hope to investigate the DC part of
> > this phenomenon soon, which might play a real role in this quniching
> > business.
> >
> > Richard Hull, TCBOR
>
> For me you've just posed the $64000 question. I would like to know
> what governs that behaviour too. Why give up on nice hot air and
> start again in the cold? Good one that.
>
> Malcolm
>
Malcolm,
I've also seen it. Right after the coil strikes my ground
rod a spark will pop out the other side of my toriod with about
the same spark length. It almost seams as if it bounced, or was
reflected off of the strike point.
Tesla coiler at large.
D. Gowin