Re: Jacobs ladders

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Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <presence-at-churchofinformationwarfare-dot-org>

current is more important than voltage in a jacob's ladder. This is how it
works.

- you start an arc across the lower part of the wires or rods, they are
closest there and it makes sense for a spark to start there
- the heat of this arc heats the air. hot air rises and hot air conducts
electricity better as well.
- the spark moves up to follow the hot better conductive air

so it is true that the top of a jacob's ladder does conduct better than the
bottom. At most you can get several thousand volts across the gap itself, so
it is the current that makes the heat and the more curret you have, the
better.

I've been playing with my ladder and about 200mA at 2500 to 3500 volts will
bridge an air gap once started of around 10".

KEN

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Subject: Re: Jacobs ladders


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<PeterCGMN-at-aol-dot-com>
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> This helps but how much power does one need? In my coil I have a
> transformer that puts out 6500 volts, would that be sufficent? I was also
> wondering if anyone could tell me what causes the arc to move up the
> elements? I have always wondered this.
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> 73,Kcoion,"Ion-Boy"
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