Re: A blinding flash of the obvious

To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: A blinding flash of the obvious
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 09:50:06 -0500
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Subject:     Re: A blinding flash of the obvious
      Date:  Fri, 16 May 1997 19:58:09 +1000
      From:  Peter Electric <elekessy-at-macquarie.matra-dot-com.au>
        To:  Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
References: 
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Subject:  Re: A blinding flash of the obvious
>   Date:   Thu, 15 May 1997 00:40:57 -0400 (EDT)
>   From:   richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
>     To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> 
> At 12:39 AM 5/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
> >Subject:     A blinding flash of the obvious
> >      Date:  Tue, 13 May 1997 16:58:57 -0500
> >      From:  rickh-at-ghg-dot-net (Rick Holland)
> >        To:  Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> >References:
> >           1
> >
> >
> >Tesla List wrote:
> >>
> >
> >>
> >> I have long said that as the spark length grows, the power required goes
> >> up
> >> incredibly and dramatically.  This is regardless of skill level.
> >> Whether
> >> the builder uses a giant toroid, giant coil, or not.  Anyone who is
> >> observant and is used to working over 5-8 Kva will agree with this.  In
> >> low
> >> power coils, 300 watts per foot is a good rule of thumb.  To about 20
> >> feet
> >> of spark, this rule ups to about 1KW/foot!  Beyond 30 feet, another
> >> world is
> >> entered entirely.  These rules of thumb assume better than average
> >> skills.
> >>
> >> Richard Hull, TCBOR
> >
> >Richard, All
> >
> >I know this can't be an original thought, but it seems that air pressure
> >would have a distinct effect on TC operation. Imagine operating a TC in
> >a rarefied environment! I think it would be much like the operation of
> >gas discharge tubes. And with the proper resonating cavity and a couple
> >of superb reflectors, a TC excited laser! The mind boggles!
> >
> >--
> >
> >     Rick Holland
> >
> >     The Answer is 42.
> >
> >
> 
> Rick,
> 
> Yeah it has been though of hundreds of times by hundreds of coilers.
> the
> sparks won't grow that much until you can't breathe anymore though.
> (100mm
> pressure or lower).  Thats a big vacuum chamber!
> 
> Richard Hull TCBOR

Correct me if I'm wrong but don't sparks propagate much better through
an inert gas such as Argon or Krypton? Could you fill the room with a
5:1 mixture of Argon and Oxygen.

This should be breathable while producing some wild effects!

Peter E.