Re: Long, Continuous, Steady Streamer Phenomena

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Original poster: "Steve K by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <teslainnovations-at-yahoo-dot-com>

This continuous streamer on your old 12/60 coil sounds
extremely interesting. Can you give the specs? I would
really like to try and see if I could get the same
results. Also, how long were these streamers?

Steve K.


--- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "James B by way of Terry Fritz
 > <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <zebulan123-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > I have run a small coil 3" dia and gotten almost
 > beams
 > as opposed to tradishonal sparks, they last up to a
 > min, I have never timed them. They are fat and seem
 > to
 > be rotating. I put up a post a long time ago on the
 > matter and got no reply. The coil i used had less
 > than
 > 500 secondary turns and was powered from a 12kv 60
 > ma
 > NST. I have almost reproduced this effect with a
 > coil
 > having more secondary turns but the "sparks" are
 > more
 > fan shaped than a whip like beam. I have no pics but
 > will set the system back up and take some if anyone
 > is
 > interested. I to first noticed this on a smooth
 > top-load but was able to get the same results from a
 > dryer duct.
 > --- Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 >  > 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
 >  >  >
 >  >  >
 >