Re: Fw: Arc Impedance Study - Computer Models

To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
Subject: Re: Fw: Arc Impedance Study - Computer Models
From: FutureT-at-aol-dot-com (by way of Terry Fritz <terryf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 12:44:01 -0600
Approved: terryf-at-verinet-dot-com

In a message dated 98-10-14 21:00:53 EDT, you write:

<< 
> Hi Bert,
>     There were at most two streamers at any time.  One was growing
> while the other one was being absorbed (appearance).  Just as one
> streamer finished the second would dart out four to five feet from the
> toroid as a solid trunk with no branches like a tube coil streamer.
> Then the branches would form outward from the end like a flower
> blossoming before the eye.  >> snip
>

Barry,

It is interesting that you used the marx generator to re-create the
effect of the TC you saw.   Maybe the original TC was running at
a sub-multiple of 60Hz, this very low break-rate could have caused
the streamers to grow slowly, and given the whip-like sound?

Just a thought.

John Freau