Re: Long, Continuous, Steady Streamer Phenomena

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Original poster: "Harold Weiss by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <hweiss-at-new.rr-dot-com>

Hi Captain,

I have had this happen for up to a minute on my old 4" coil.  It would form
a 18" solitary streamer that would act like one in a plasma globe.  I have
not seen one with my 6" probably due to being outdoors.

David E Weiss

 > 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
 >
 >
 >