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Re: Just One Pop
Subject: Re: Just One Pop
Date: Sat, 17 May 1997 18:30:16 -0500 (CDT)
From: rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com (Richard Wayne Wall)
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
5/17/97
Several more experiments have been performed to try and elucidate the
the characteristics and origin of electrostatic charges that classic
TCs impart to distant and maybe nonlocal targets. The TC system
described in previous experiments was the same for the first part of
these experiments. The pimary capacitance was reduced from 20 to 10 nF
for the second part of the experiments. The detector was a grounded
Hull Electrometer at 20 feet from the TC.
The first question addressed is: Do the "charge carriers" originate
from spark discharges from the secondary termination? That is, are
they ionic in nature from spark discharge ionized air?
With the 1 1/2" brass ball terminal the coil was tuned at 4 1/2 turns
on the primary. Single shots gave strong sharp negative deflections.
Continous runs were also negative deflections and there were 20-24"
sparks and streamers from the ball and upper turns of the secondary.
The coil was then purposefully detuned one primary turn at a time down
to 1/2 turn and up to 13 turns. The TC was fired in single shot and
continous mode at each step. The terminal and upper coil were observed
for sparks and corona in both light and dark. After detuning a couple
of turns in both directions both sparks and corona ceased. There was
absolutely no detectable breakout. The Hull electrometer deflected
negatively at all times - even when there was no corona or spark
breakout. The untuned negative deflections were not as sharp or quick
as with the tuned single shots, but there was no doubt they were there.
The larger toroid terminal was placed and tuned at 8 1/2 turns on the
primary. Again, it was detuned as above and the exact results were
obtained - all negative deflections. No spark breakout or corona were
observed in the dark from the detuned coil.
Primary capacitance was reduced from 20 to 10 nF. Single pops were
more difficult to control, however if the variac voltage is lowered
enough, coil firing can be held to a very slow repetition rate.
Quickly turning the switch on/off invariably gives good clean single
pops.
All of the above detuning experiments were repeated and the results
were exactly the same - all negative deflections.
The second question is: Is charge transferred by electrostatic
induction? Does the TC produce an electostatic "field" that
selectively charges a distant target one polarity or the other?
The coil was then set up with the 1 1/2 brass ball terminal and detuned
at 13 turns on the primary. There was no corona or breakout as before.
The elctrometer deflected negatively in single shot and continous
modes.
A grounded "Faraday Screen" of 1" mesh chicken wire 24" wide was hung
about a foot in front of the electometer ball. The electrometer was
positively charged with a negatively charged Teflon rod by
electrostatic induction. At 6' from the side of the ball, full scale
positive and negative deflections of the meter were possible by
wiggling the Teflon rod. Wiggling the rod in front of the "Faraday
Screen" produced only the slightest meter movement. Electrostatic
sheilding was almost total.
Again the detuned coil was fired in single shot and continous modes
with the Faraday Screen in place. Exactly as before there were
negative deflections in both single shot and continous modes. The
Faraday Screen was removed and the experiment was repeated. The
results were the same. The Faraday Screen while effectively screening
the negative electrostatic field from the Teflon wiggle wand had no
effect on the TC carrier or mechanism that induced the negative charge
on the electrometer ball.
RWW