Re: Differences between "bad" streamers and "good" streamers

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Original poster: "Zagarus Rashkae by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <arbitrarily_random-at-yahoo-dot-com>


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
 > <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>
 >
 >
 > Firstly, the reason your streamers don't break-out
 > so easily with out a
 > break-out point may be due to the fact the toroid is
 > too large for that
 > particular coil.
 > Secondly, thin purple sparks are usually common for
 > the lower power coils
 > (<3kW)  To get long, thick white streamers, you need
 > to be pushing lots
 > of power!
 >

I'll be running the thing ballasted to about 5kVA
someday soon, when I get my RSG finished.

Chris