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Re: 100 meter sparks
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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:25:07 -0500
From: "DR.RESONANCE" <DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net>
To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: 100 meter sparks
To: Tesla List
7.5 MEV will not arc 100 meters -- not even in a heavy fog. The GE Marx
generator at the 1939 Worlds fair consisted to two oppositely charged 5 MEV
(one plus -- one minus). As I recall it hit around 55-60 feet at 10 MEV.
Harry Goldman would probably have some tech literature on its performance
from one of his old articles. A DC potential usually arcs around 5-6 feet
per 1,000,000 volts from 1/2 inch dia rod electrodes. If this gen. did arc
100 meters it was a lot more than 7.5 MEV.
DR.RESONANCE-at-next-wave-dot-net
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> Subject: Re: 100 meter sparks
> Date: Tuesday,October 21,1997 10:28 PM
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> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 10:47:16 +1200
> From: Malcolm Watts <MALCOLM-at-directorate.wnp.ac.nz>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: 100 meter sparks
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> Hello All,
> I have an observation to make on this post that *does*
> relate to Tesla Coils (note to moderator ;).
>
> From: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
> To: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> Subject: Re: 100 meter sparks
>
> > Hi All,
> > There is a new book out from the CRC press
> > by Raizer et all called the "SPARK DISCHARGE".
> > There is a picture of the Russian 100+ meter spark
> > in the first chapter. It is beyond awsome! The Marx
> > generator tower must be 500 feet high! The book is
> > very hard core theoretical - the good stuff - on the
> > processes involved in the initial streamer and subsequent
> > spark formation only. It contains a lot of useful constants.
>
> > That must be the 7.2 MV marx generator referred to in Fruengel's
> > book. Must be quite impressive. Was the spark in free space or was
> > it along an initiating wire? What is the ISBN of the book, or where
> > is it available?
>
> I had a think about this. 7.5MV (DC essentially) = 300+ feet???? And
> according to lumped calcs our TCs are struggling to get to 1MV in the
> medium power range yet throw sparks (repetitively I hasten to add) at
> least up to 9.5 feet at this voltage (if the X-ray measurements of DR
> R are correct). Now, we know that TCs throw sparks far longer in
> repetitive mode than single shot but the voltages as far as the
> terminal go are no higher than single shot (for very good reasons).
> We also know there are very good reasons why the sparks actively
> reach a lot further in TC repetitive operation.
> Elsewhere we read that Tesla was generating (supposedly) 10MV+
> yet his machine was throwing sparks a mere, perhaps, 50 feet or so
> point to point *****in repetitive operation****. Does anyone else see
> a serious discrepancy between these observations and figures?
> A lot of my observation of length vs single shot voltage in
> TCs is based on the Marx banks I built and use for comparison. There
> is a very definite upper limit on the voltage a Marx bank can produce
> because it does not incorporate resonant artifacts. I may have more
> on this after a five day break as I am planning to stack the two
> banks together to up the output.
>
> Malcolm