Re: 81" Continuous Arcs!

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Bart,
         Ed Wingate might be best positioned to answer you query 
about separated coils. My guess is "not simultaneously". It might 
take a video to give and unequivocal answer.

Regards,
malcolm

On 12 Jun 01, at 19:21, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Barton B. Anderson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <tesla123-at-pacbell-dot-net>
> 
> Hi John, Malcolm, 
> 
> >
> > Hi Bart, 
> > Apologies if I am speaking out of turn - please bear with me. 
> > If the coils are sharing primary energy, I do believe that John's 
> > assertion is correct. It is easy to show that two coils driven from a 
> > single primary cap containing some nominated energy can do better 
> > than a single resonator alone on the same amount of energy. They 
> > certainly can if you consider the potential difference between their 
> > business ends. I hope I've followed this thread correctly. My 
> > apologies if not. 
> >
> > Regards, 
> > malcolm
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Your not speaking out of turn. I know twin-coil sparklength has been
looked at
> this way per previous posts on the subject. I personally have difficulty
> identifying sparklength potential because in a twin setup, there is quite
a few
> more mechanisms at work (i.e, potential differences, spark channel effects,
> proximity effects, etc..). 
> 
> Here's a question I have. If say a 10kVa twin produces 20 foot arcs to
> eachother. If the twin is seperated to 25 feet beyond their collective
> potential, is each twin then still capable of 10 foot arcs? 
> 
>   
> 
> >
> > Bart,
> > 
> > You bring up a good point.  I understood that the 10kVA was
> > the total power for both coils, and that each coil would use
> > 5kVA.  But if Duck meant that each coil was 10kVA for a
> > total of 20kVA, then the total spark length across both coils
> > would be about 28 feet or so, or 14 feet streamers from each
> > coil as you said.
> > 
> > John Freau
> 
> I'm sure Duck meant 10kVA total, so your 20 foot arc length would hold.
I'm now
> curious if the arcs themselves are responsible or if there's more to it
> (probably). 
> 
> Take care, 
> Bart Anderson
> 
> 
>