Re: Long, Continuous, Steady Streamer Phenomena

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Original poster: "Jeremy Scott by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <supertux1-at-yahoo-dot-com>


Perhaps the air remains ionized long enough between
breaks... I would say if you run big coils outside
then
the air doesn't stay put long enough for this to
happen. (ie wind) But small coils inside...



--- 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>
 >
 > Was wondering if anyone else had the following
 > streamers at least with their
 > mini coils.  I find that every once in awhile if a
 > streamer breaks out on an
 > extremely smooth portion of the toroid, that
 > the streamer will appear to remain in one (at least
 > visibly)
 > steady-continuous streamer which seems to slightly
 > "glide" across the toroid
 > surface.  These streamers typically live for up to
 > 2-10 seconds at a time
 > and are EXTREMELY impressive looking compared to
 > typical streamers.
 >
 > Anyone know what the theory of action of these
 > long-living streamers are????
 > I know Gary Laus minicoil frequently produces them
 > as well as my mini coil
 > now.  However, I don't think I've ever seen
 > them occur on larger tesla coils.
 >
 > The Captain
 >
 >