Re: Ball Lightning

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Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Nebojsa Kovacevic by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <morfeus-at-EUnet.yu>

> Maybe you haven`t had the chance to read this so far:Using the high
> frequency coil to arc to
> the low frequency coil, the low frequency coil would then release its
> energy rapidly, in a
> burst.  The burst of energy released manifests itself in the shape of a
> ball or "bubble."
>...

I think that you will get at most a pretty conventional spark between
the terminals of the two coils. But sparks are more tricky than they
appear to be. A regular spark to ground from the terminal of a Tesla
coil starts (I think) with a rapid discharge of the terminal, and 
continues for some time as an arc while the current remaining 
in the secondary coil decreases to a low value (this would happen in 
the case of a short spark, where relatively little energy accumulates 
in the terminal before the spark, and there is still a lot of energy 
trapped in the system). If the spark is to a target that has 
a rapidly varying voltage, premature or retarded "quenching" of the 
spark may occur. 
If this will cause something much different from a regular spark, 
only experiments can tell. The energy transfer time of the coils (the
coupling) and the relative sizes of the terminals may affect the
results.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz