segmented streamers

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Original poster: "Allanh by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <allanh-at-starband-dot-net>

I've observed that on long(over 12") streamers, they sometimes appear like a
dotted or dashed line with bright
segments. Does anyone have an idea why this happens?

allan

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Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2001 5:22 AM
Subject: Re: MOT DC TC


> Original poster: "J Whyte by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<xoom321-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
> If your interested in building a MOT DC supply my advice is to pay close
> attention to Gregs Garage site: His MOT DC supply works 100%, and is very
> powerful (and is cheap and fairly easy to make)!! I have tried it myself
and
> I get around
> 14-15KVDC ....my smaller coil, which has been sold to a local University
> used 2 "120VAC rated" MOT's (1.1 KW each in series on a 240 V input) I was
> able to get around 7 KV (AC) for the pair. Then I used a voltage
multipling
> setup to get 14-15 KVDC pulsed at 60Hz. I was able to draw 80" sparks off
> the secondary coil with a 85 nF cap!
>
> : here is a detailed schematic of the MOT DC supply:
> <http://hot-streamer-dot-com/greg/motpic.htm>
>
>
> ...happy holidays!
>
>
>