Re: Streamer color ? ? ?

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Original poster: "Malcolm Watts by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <m.j.watts-at-massey.ac.nz>

Hi Dan,

On 3 Sep 2002, at 12:12, Tesla list wrote:

> Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com>
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> Just wondering what arc color tells about a coil output.  On large coils the
> arcs seem white to bluish, yet my small coil runs purple.  Are the arcs
> purple to begin with at low powers and just "seem" to get whiter/bluer as
> the power levels increase????

The colour tells you everything about current. Purple = low, white = 
high.

Regards,
Malcolm
 
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