Re: Plasma wall?

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Original poster: "Jim Lux" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

I would think that filling the gap with some sort of insulator particles
(glass gravel, short pieces of glass tubing, etc.) might help spread the
discharge.  Quite a bit of experimentation with where the electrodes are
would also be in order.

This is arts and crafts.. you'll never analyze it sufficiently.  Just keep
working on it until it "looks right"

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Subject: Re: Plasma wall?


 > Original poster: BunnyKiller <bunikllr-at-bellsouth-dot-net>
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 > I tried something similar ( it was to be a celing lite) with 2 plates of
 > tempered glass 1/4" thick X 16"W X 24"L  with 1/4" gap filled with argon.
I
 > had to pull a vacuum on it to lite up at 15KV ( 750 +/- 5 mm Vacuum). The
 > problem that I had was that the electrodes MUST be perfectly parallel!!!
or
 > else the glow effect I was looking for only appeared on one side about 2"
 > wide. Sometimes it would travel across the plates but only in a narrow
 > strip. Never did get the whole plate to glow as expected.  Altho I must
 > admit, the effect of the glow worming its way across the plate was
 > interesting....  eventually the seal must have leaked and it quit
 > working....   expensive test  but it was fun learning about it ...
 >
 > Scot D
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 > Tesla list wrote:
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 > >Original poster: "Mike and Amanda" <mtaylor-at-centramedia-dot-net>
 > >I'm working on an Idea of making a wall of 2 sheets of glass about 4ft X
 > >6ft and about 1/2" in-between. I was wondering if any one has any ideas
on
 > >how to make it work or even IF it will work.
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