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Re: Solid state spark length record?
Hi Gary,
> Original Poster: "Gary Johnson" <gjohnson-at-ksu.edu>
>
> Who holds the record for spark length to a grounded object from a solid
> state driven Tesla coil? I hit 57 inches recently before a group of over 50
> people. I was direct driving an Extra coil at about 2 sparks per second with
> an IGBT inverter.
>
> Gary Johnson
Without any proof, I suspect that a coiler named Mark Barton who
used to be on this list would have done it. He and friend/s once built
a coil with an H-bridge driver to run around 10kW CW, 40 kW
burst. Some sketchy details of this system are on Alan Sharp's web
page.
Regards,
Malcolm