Re: Long, Continuous, Steady Streamer Phenomena

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Original poster: "Karl Lindheimer by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <karl-at-coolbluesky-dot-com>

Dan,

My mini-coil will produce those long, writhing streamers as well.  I think it
has something to do with the toroid capacitance, as well as the bps and power
levels.

Karl

On May 20, 2003 23:27, Tesla list 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