Re: kinds of spark

["BunnyKiller" <bigfoo39-at-telocity-dot-com> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)]

Tesla list wrote:

> 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.

Hi Richard...

considering that your top load is a "round ball" the heat eminated from the
existing streamers eventually cause an updraft which will cause the ozone and
conductive gasses surrounding the top load to "pull" the streamers into a
"candle flame" like streamer. eventually the gasses surounding the top load
will begin to breakdown and again the streamers will begin to eminate from
the sides of the ball...


Scot D