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Re: kinds of spark
Hi,
Could it possibly be, that due to the rising od the ionized air, that this
happens ?
or perhaps the heated air from the coil sparks ?
regards, Jeroen Kooiman, Holland
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: kinds of spark
> Original poster: "Grayson B Dietrich" <electrofire-at-juno-dot-com>
>
> I believe the key here is that your terminal is a "ball". I have seen
> this effect in my coils when using spherical terminals, regardles of how
> well tuned they are. I have also heard of other folks with spherical
> terminals observing the same thing. A lack of wind or other airflow seems
> to help, as well.
>
>
> Grayson Dietrich
> http://www.electrophile.8m-dot-com
>
>
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:29:25 -0600 "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> writes:
> > Original poster: "Richard Barton"
> > <richardbarton-at-caving5.freeserve.co.uk>
> >
> > Hi all
> > From my secondary top ball, I normally get (into free air,
> > NOT onto a grounded probe), the usual random mass of seething
> > sparks, in all direrctions and bluish-white, but every 20 seconds or
> > so, this wild mass of sparks is replaced by a single, very bright
> > white
> > spark, which is about the same length, but noisy, and which tends to
> > fire vertically, or nearly so, and wanders around. This spark will
> > last
> > for perhaps 3 to 5 seconds before giving way to the normal
> > discharge.
> > Can anyone explain why this happens, and is it indicative of near-
> > perfect resonance. There seems to be a lot of power in this
> > "special"
> > spark.
> > Richard Barton.
> >
> >
> >
>
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