Re: Possible Record

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• Subject: Re: Possible Record
• From: "Megavolt Nick" <tesla-at-fieldfamily.prontoserve.co.uk> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 11:17:41 -0700
• Approved: twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net
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Hi Terry,
              the .doc doesn't say that the system as pictured produced the
arc - I understand that robert worked on that system for quite some time.

Regards
Nick Field

> Original Poster: Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>
>
> Hi Nick,
>
>         From the description and judging from the 7.5 foot extra coil, I
would
> say the arc shown in the pickture is 40 feet max.  From what I have heard,
the
> building at Wendover was not big enough to contain a 105 foot arc??
>
> However, Richard Quick is an authority...
>
> Cheers,
>
>         Terry
>
>
> At 07:01 PM 03/19/2000 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >          after the avlaon idea came on list I did a bit of digging to
try and
> > find a fairly definitive longest spark ever from a TC.  The Robert Golka
> > 'Project Tesla' system is reported (by Richard Quick) to have achieved
105
> > feet maximum spark length.  It is not clear what input power he was
running
> > at the time, but it was in excess of 150kVA, which was the rated
capacity of
> > his generator.
> > Unless anyone on list knows of anything longer I think this is probably
the
> > definitive record.
> > For details check out tesla50.doc and tesla50.jpg in the pictures/misc/
> > directory of the funeti tesla archives.
> >
> > Regards
> > Nick Field
>
>
>
>

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