Re: Jacob's Ladder

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Original poster: "David Speck by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dspeck-at-relex-dot-com>

Mark,
Larry Albright made a 4 foot JL in a tube of krypton that has run
continuously for many years.  The electrodes stay clean because of the
inert
atmosphere.  I don't think that heating is too much of a problem as it
is run at pretty low power levels, easy to do with the low pressure.
Dave

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <A123X-at-aol-dot-com>
> 
> Hey,
> I was wondering if the electrodes of a jacob's ladder could be put inside a
> sealed jar filled with low pressure argon or helium so a longer arc could be
> obtained from a lower powered source? This way a flyback that could produce a
> 1/2-1" arc might be able to do two inches and have a thicker arc
resembling the
> streamers of commercial plasma globes.
> 
> Mark