Re: Spark Dissipation

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <FutureT-at-aol-dot-com>

All,

What was interesting too, is one time I shot some video of a normal
tube coil running on raw ac and giving a 2 foot spark.  The spark was 
frantic-looking like a kerosene torch.
When I slowed it down using a professional slow motion video player,
the sparks looked very much like disruptive sparks.  You could see
the various forked branches growing longer as they do in disruptive
coils.  I was quite amazed when I first saw that.  It was as if the
tube coil sparks looked the same as disruptive sparks, but occuring
much faster, making them look completety different to the human eye.
I forget how much I slowed them to create the effect.

John