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Re: very long sparks
And we are all pikers in comparison.. Pshaw.. why are we fooling with mere
30 foot discharges when you can make real lightning... Somehow, though,
I'll bet the rep rate on that generator is pretty low (measured in
shots/day)
There is also no mention of whether the discharge was "helped" by a leader
wire (although probably not.. the whole book essentially provides info to
show that such phenomena are perfectly possible..)
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> From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
> To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
> Subject: Re: very long sparks
> Date: Thursday, January 06, 2000 5:19 AM
>
> Original Poster: Bert Hickman <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-com>
>
> Tesla List wrote:
> > Original Poster: "Dr. Resonance" <Dr.Resonance-at-next-wave-dot-net>
> > to: Jim
> > If this was an impulse test, question: Was the spark in free air or
across
> > Dr. Resonance
>
> I can confirm that it is indeed a free-air negative discharge
> originating off the flat top of what appears to be a huge cylindrical
> impulse generator, and is shown on page 4 of Bazelyan and Raizer's
> "Spark Discharge". The picture and associated text indicates it's from
> (only!) a 5 MV pulse, done at the Siberian Institute for Power
> Engineering (complete with snow on the ground). It's arcing to a 110 kV
> transmission line about 100 meters away. A BIG, lightning-like
> discharge. GREAT book.
>
>