Re: THOR Bang energy vs. streamer length measured

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

At 01:02 PM 7/27/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Original poster: "Dr. Resonance" <resonance-at-jvlnet-dot-com>
>
>I respectfully disagree with this conclusion.
>
>Pulses/sec DO affect spark length.  A typical med size TC has a 4-5 ft long
>spark even though the actual output potential is only 140-160 kV range.
>
>As the pulses/sec increase the residual ions in the air help cause the spark
>to lengthen.  I've seen this by shooting photographs of a coil with a 10 ft.
>long spark with a high speed camera.  You can see the "spark growing"
>phenomonea.
>
>If you are saying a spark length is independent of pulse rate, trying
>running a single shot using an ignitron.  There is no way a single shot TC
>is going to develop the same spark length as a coil running at 480 pps.
>
>We run our model M-150 at 480 pps to deliver a 8-9 ft long spark at 8.5 kVA
>average input power.  When we run it in single shot mode to measure
>potential the spark output is a mere 24-28 inches.
>
>Dr. Resonance
>
>Resonance Research Corporation
>E11870 Shadylane Rd.
>Baraboo   WI   53913


I think that the reprate vs length has a knee in the curve.  Clearly, 
single shots are shorter than 200 bps (or 120bps) reprate.  And, the THOR 
data shows that there's not a huge difference changing from 200-300 
bps.  So, the question really is, what happens between 0 and 100 bps...