RE: 'true" spark length was Re: Desktop Bipolar Coil

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>


Corona, or other leakage (i.e. through the secondary form)?


At 05:14 AM 7/3/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Ralph Zekelman by way of Terry Fritz 
><teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <gridleak-at-bluemarble-dot-net>
>
>Jim,
>
>I operate my coils in the basement. I run a dehumidifier constantly in
>the summer and that keeps the large basement dry. I see a difference of
>almost ten inches with humidity changes. Corona is a major loss and is
>reduced
>by a low humidity.
>
>Ralph Zekelman
>
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>
>Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>"
><jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>
>
>  > system or, to put it another way, a rather low output voltage/energy
>  > storage ratio in the secondary. I dare say the result was also
>  > dependent to a degree on the humidity content of the air at the time
>  > (I recall it as being rather low).
>  >
>
>  >From a purely theoretical standpoint, I wouldn't expect humidity to
>have a
>huge effect.  Humidity has a big effect on static electricity machines
>where
>you depend on a very high surface resistivity because the charging
>current
>is so low.  On a TC, though, you've got energy to burn, and corona is
>probably a bigger loss source than leakage.