Re: TC Secondary Currents - was ( Experimental Help - Terry?)

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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: "John H. Couture by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <couturejh-at-mgte-dot-com>

> I have done this test many times and often wondered just exactly what kind
> of current I was measuring. Was the current a reactive current charging the
> toroid and self capacitance of the coil or was it an ohmic current that was
> producing corona and the streamers? And how about the Maxwell displacement
> currents?

Without breakout, you measure the current that is charging the 
capacitances. With streamers, there is some increase because the
streamers increase the effective capacitance. With sparks to ground,
some extra increasing because the sparks discharge the capacitances.
The displacement current is the return of the current that charges
the capacitances. It is interrupted at the limits of conductive 
materials in the system, but continues in the ground and nearby
conductive objects due to the influence of the electric field.

Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz