Re: Rotating sparks

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Subject: Re: Rotating sparks
From: Tesla List <tesla-at-stic-dot-net>
Date: Wed, 21 May 1997 17:08:40 -0500
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Subject:  Re: Rotating sparks
  Date:   Wed, 21 May 1997 09:53:55 -0500
  From:   David Huffman <huffman-at-FNAL.GOV>
    To:   Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>


Hey you guys down under, do you see this rotation in the opposite
direction?

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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Rotating sparks
> Date: Wednesday, May 21, 1997 12:42 AM
> 
> Subject:  Rotating sparks
>   Date:   Tue, 20 May 1997 20:06:50 -0700 (PDT)
>   From:   gweaver <gweaver-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>     To:   Tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> 
> 
> I built a tiny TC using a 6K 23 ma ignition transformer.
> The secondary is 2" dia x 6" long.  The toroid in a door knob.
> The discharge sparks are 2" long and very straight with few branches. > The interesting thing is all the sparks rotate around the door knob
> counter clockwise.  The sparks come off the side of the door knob
> like any other TC but all the sparks rotate.
> None of my other TC's have rotating sparks.  This reminds me of
> flushing a toilet and the water rotates counter clockwise,
> and when you drain the water out of a sink it rotates counter
> clockwise also. The sparks rotate about the same speed as the water.
> I can see how the rotation of the earth can make water rotate,
> but not sparks.  This is very interesting.   
> 
> Gary Weaver
>