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

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Original poster: "Stephen Conner by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <steve-at-scopeboy-dot-com>

I think the bps at which streamer growth starts depends very strongly on 
the size of the coil. My reasoning is that it's a surface area to volume 
ratio thing: A big volume of plasmafied air keeps its heat longer than a 
small one.

I'll do some growth measurements this weekend and try and make a length vs. 
bps graph or something.

P.S. I use the controlled spark method for all my measurements.

Steve C.

At 12:36 04/07/03 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "jimmy hynes by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
><chunkyboy86-at-yahoo-dot-com>
>
>Hi,
>
>I wouldn't have thought that the streamer growth would
>have made that much of a difference, at such a low
>break rate, and such a small coil. If I remember
>correctly, Steve's mini OLTC didn't show streamer
>growth until around 400 bps.