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Re: Jacobs ladders (fwd)



Original poster: Tesla List Moderator <mod1-at-poodle.pupman-dot-com>



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Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 18:22:49 -0000
From: Jason <jasonp-at-btinternet-dot-com>
To: Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Subject: Re: Jacobs ladders

Shaun,

Once the arc has struck, its the current that keeps it alive... mostly. You
ever played with unballasted MOTs??? They make fantastic jacobs ladders. 2
in series, arc at about 5mm, and they draw out to about 5"

Jason
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From: "Tesla list" <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2001 1:27 AM
Subject: Re: Jacobs ladders


> Original poster: "Shaun R. Phelps by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <shaun-at-visorloop-dot-com>
>
> Heat causes it to rise.  Once the arc has been formed, this is the most
> attractive path for the electricity to take.  Because hot air rises, the
arc
> does too.  As soon as the width becomes too big and the electricity has a
> better path to follow (path of least resistance), it will fire again at
the
> bottom of the V and continue the cycle again.
>
> 6500V might be ok to start a small arc, but it won't get very big though.
I
> have run one with as little as 7500V, but I have only managed to get 1.5"
> arcs at the top of the V out of it.  Maybe a few mods might have made it
> better.  I didn't waste time, I just went and used a bigger power supply
;-)
>
> Shaun.
>
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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.
> >
> > 73,Kcoion,"Ion-Boy"
> >
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