Re: TC for VDG injection

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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: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<davep-at-quik-dot-com>

>         Takes some care.  van de Graaf currents go up with
>         such a rig....

They don't. The maximum current is limited by the maximum charge
density that the belt can sustain without producing ionization
(26 uC/m^2). A friction system in dry ambient quickly reaches this
limit too.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz