Re: Explanation of the positive E.S. charge

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Explanation of the positive E.S. charge
From: Ed Harris <harris-at-parkave-dot-net>
Date: Mon, 3 Mar 1997 00:19:59 -0500
Subscriber: harris-at-parkave-dot-net Fri Feb 7 00:37:17 1997

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> Subscriber: rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net Tue Feb  4 22:34:35 1997
> Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 22:31:00 -0500 (EST)
> From: richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: Explanation of the positive E.S. charge
> 
> At 09:25 PM 2/3/97 -0700, you wrote:
> >Subscriber: jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com Mon Feb  3 21:18:47 1997
> >Date: Mon, 03 Feb 1997 04:53:45 GMT
> >From: Jim Fosse <jim.fosse-at-bdt-dot-com>
> >To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> >Subject: Re: Explanation of the positive E.S. charge
> >

.  It is really tough for any neon lamp about a TC to glow with
> only one electrode ( DC) due to the huge RF fields about the system. 
These
> are pure AC (two electrodes glowing). 

Put the neon bulb in a metal box (with viewing hole) and put a small
capacitor
across the terminals (it will then flash on one electrode).

-Ed Harris