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Re: spark length vs toroid diameter
Subject: Re: spark length vs toroid diameter
Date: Fri, 16 May 1997 01:11:25 -0400 (EDT)
From: richard hull <rhull-at-richmond.infi-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
At 10:08 AM 5/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Subject: Re: spark length vs toroid diameter
> Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 19:35:41 -0800
> From: Greg Leyh <lod-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
>References:
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>richard hull wrote:
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>[snip]
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>> I don't believe for one minute that a coil with X
>> voltage as a resonant rise item could punch out as far with no top load
>> at the same power as one with a large load. The energy stored in the top
>> terminal at any voltage does the punching. This punching is always much
>> farther into the surrounding air than the naked resonator rise would be
>> capable of.
>
>
>Given that, couldn't I increase the energy stored in the top terminal
>simply by adding capacitance (in the form of a physical capacitor)
>between the top terminal and ground? Then the top terminal would
>only have to be large enough to hold off the desired breakout voltage.
>
>
>-GL
>
>I have discussed this with John Freau and Lou Balint, among others, in the
past. I believe what you say to be true. This is provided you can
produce
a cap that can withstand the tension. Tesla actually tried a stunt like
this in Colorado. He doesn't specifically comment on the result though.
(one of those maddening "This to be followed up" entries, I believe.
Lou Balint uses a variable oil immersed tuning capacitor to tune his
magnifier (on transmission line from driver). Works great. His
transmission line voltage is necessarily low, of course.
Richard Hull, TCBOR