Re: Spark-gap sparks vs. solid-state sparks

["Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>]

Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

Exactly...

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 3:54 PM
Subject: Re: Spark-gap sparks vs. solid-state sparks


> Original poster: "R.E.Burnett by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
<R.E.Burnett-at-newcastle.ac.uk>
>
>
> Hi Bert,
>
> You said that these transfers occur over nanosecond time frames.  Is this
> behaviour the source of the RF that partial discharge detectors listen
> for ???
> -Richie,
>
> > Original poster: "Bert Hickman by way of Terry Fritz
> <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <bert.hickman-at-aquila-dot-net>
> >
> > There's some evidence (again via Bazelyan) that corona and streamer
flashes
> > represent mostly a capacitive load to the HV electrode, and that current
> > may not only be "injected" into the surrounding region when the topload
is
> > positive, it may also be "extracted" from the surrounding space charge
when
> > the topload polarity reverses, returning some of the surrounding space
> > charge back to the topload. If this is primarily a "reactive" transfer,
the
> > impact on Q would be minimal, while still impacting Fo of the
secondary...
> >
> > -- Bert --
>
>
>