Re: Calculating streamer breakout of top-loads

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Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com> 


The planar antenna does work as Terry has calibrated it against his
fiberoptic probe pickup.

No, if the spark gap is set at a 13 kV spacing then the max potential on the
cap is only 13 kV --- it can not exceed the potential of the gap because the
gap would breakdown.  We also check this operation with a 15 sec. one-shot
technique and results were consistent and the same.

Dr. Resonance

Resonance Research Corporation
E11870 Shadylane Rd.
Baraboo   WI   53913
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Subject: Re: Calculating streamer breakout of top-loads


 > Original poster: "Rikard Titus" <rikard_titus-at-hotmail-dot-com>
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 > >Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
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 > >Our coil runs at 12 electrodes x 1725 RPM.
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 > Then it is ARSG.Just as I thought.You see when you run Tesla coil
something
 > like 300...400 pps and line frequency is 60 Hz,than energies alter from
 > shot to shot.
 > You tested it with one shot  V1=13 kv ,but others could be higher giving
 > maybe 300 kV maximum potential and not 148 kV.
 > 6'...7 ' discharge doesn't look peculiar  to me any more .
 > I doubt the method of pick up antenna you described was useful for precise
 > measurment of secondary voltage for coils producing discharge though.
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 > >We hope to gather data from all the coils at the Teslathon and finally
 > >calculate the elusive "efficiency factor" in the sqr Cp/Cs equation for a
 > >variety of different types o coils and spark lengths and power levels.
 > >
 > >Dr. Resonance
 > Great!
 > I am looking forward to see related data collected and released .
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 > -Rik
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