Re: corona (fwd)

To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: corona (fwd)
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 23:54:31 -0600
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Malcolm Watts wrote:
> 
> Hi Dave,
>           What is you primary capacitance, and what is the maximum
> straight-line spark you have measured from the unit please?
> 
> Malcolm
> 
> > Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 15:01:47 -0700
> > From: Dave Burman <dburman-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>
> > To: Tesla List <tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>
> > Subject: corona
> >
> <snip>
> >
> > My coil configuration is as follows:
> >
> > 2 15kva neons
> > 2 air wound and 2 ferrite core chokes
> > copper tube vacuum quenched spark gap (8 tubes, .030 spacing)
> > Primary -1/4" copper pipe with 3/8" spacing 12 turns
> > Secondary - 6" acrylic wound with 22" of 24ga magnet wire
> > Torroid - 4" dryer duct around a 24" pizza pan
> > ground - very heavy welding cable (1/2" dia) connected to 1 8' copper
> > plated ground rod
> >
> >