Re: the cure for racing sparks

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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: "Paul Nicholson by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <paul-at-abelian.demon.co.uk>

> #2 Coupling too high: (V) Rise time is only over 1 or 2 cycles,
>    rather than 3 or 4.  Reduced streamer capacity means
>    insufficient restraint to topvolts rise. Cure: reduce coupling
>    a little.

What would be the speed of streamer formation? Maybe as lightning
stepped leaders, about 0.3 m/us? A single cycle for an operating
frequency of 100 kHz has 10 us. A streamer could then move 3 m in 
the time of one cycle. The numbers look close to what could cause
problems, but not quite there yet.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz