Re: Certain s.s. phenomena; to J.F. et al

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

In a message dated 3/19/01 9:15:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, tesla-at-pupman-dot-com 
writes:

> Could this simply be due to the fact that opposites attract? I would 
believe 
>  that since the topload is at one polarity at any given time, that the 
sparks 
> 
>  would be the same polarity as each other (and the topload) and would 
>  therefore repel each other. Comments? 
>  
>  Regards, 
>  
>  Josh Hunsaker 

Josh,

That's what I was implying in mentioning the electrostatics.

It's all quite fascinating.  The spark growth characterics subject
is one of the few TC issues which still has a bunch of mysteries 
attached.

The work being done lately should help answer some of the
questions.

I think if I was to do my work over again, I would have
done it at slightly lower power levels, just to keep things more
controllable.  

John