Re: Primary strikes

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Original poster: "Richard Wayne Wall by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rwall-at-ix-dot-netcom-dot-com>

Terry,

Looks more and more like disruptive TCs are just Hybrid machines with
little current up top.  Just another electrostatic device.  I've made these
claims for years.  Check the posts.

RWW

 
> I have done computer studies of arcs hitting various parts of Tesla coil
> systems.  The arcs just don't have enough current to bother anything much.
> Everything looks like a ground to the streamers and they just don't do
much
> to the normal low impedance parts of a Tesla coil.  I would try to keep
> them from hitting AC line wiring since the RF may hurt sensitive equipment
> on the circuit but that is about it.  I "was" going to caution about the
> streamers hitting like the center of an MMC, but I guess Finn solved that
;-))
>