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30 BPS, 60 BPS tests




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From:  Bert Hickman [SMTP:bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com]
Sent:  Saturday, March 21, 1998 9:15 AM
To:  Tesla List
Subject:  Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests

Tesla List wrote:
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> From:  Barton B. Anderson [SMTP:mopar-at-mn.uswest-dot-net]
> Sent:  Friday, March 20, 1998 4:09 AM
> To:  Tesla List
> Subject:  Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
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> Tesla List wrote:
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> > From:  FutureT [SMTP:FutureT-at-aol-dot-com]
> > Sent:  Friday, March 20, 1998 6:57 AM
> > To:  tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> > Subject:  Re: 30 BPS, 60 BPS tests
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> > Bert, all,
> >
> > Interestingly, when I did some experiments in which I pulsed a
> > spark gap TC at about 4 pulses per second, each streamer followed
> > the path of the previous streamer in most cases, even though the
> > ion trail was visibly dark for quite a while between pulses.  I wouldn't
> > have thought it would maintain the ionization that long, it  may have
> > been just the heat path that did the trick, interesting to watch though.
> >
> > John Freau
> 
> John, good test. I'll have to try that once I'm up and running. I am very
> undecided on the issue of what causes "these events, and others" which we all
> seem to have our own clinged to theory's based on understanding, measurements,
> 
> and test like these.
> 
> Is there a way to remove ionization and heat at a rate greater than the
> discharge rate
> can reproduce? Maybe with an industrial fan or something? I wonder how the
> discharges
> would react then?
> |_Bart_|

Bart and all,

Operating a coil outside on a windy day substantially reduces both the
length and the duration of a given streamer, much to the chagrin of many
a coiler! :^)

-- Bert --