RE: THOR Bang energy vs. streamer length measured

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Original poster: "Denicolai, Marco" <Marco.Denicolai-at-tellabs-dot-com> 

Hello,

Please, read carefully my last postings. I never intended to state what you 
understood below.

On the contrary, I agree with you: sequences of shots DO produce longer 
streamers than single (isolated) shots.

What I am saying is that from 200 BPS to 400 BPS I couldn't measure any 
difference in achieved streamer length.

I also wrote I supposed there is a minimum BPS below which the length 
begins to be affected, but that value might well be lower than 100 BPS. I 
couldn't test that.

Best Regards

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla-at-pupman-dot-com]
 > Sent: 27. heinäkuuta 2004 22:02
 > To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
 > Subject: Re: THOR Bang energy vs. streamer length measured
 >
 > 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
 >
 >
 >
 >  > The BPS won't affect sparks length. For real! You will
 > achieve much more  > often a certain distance with a higher
 > BPS (see my 10.7J case) and will  > reach a top hit%
 > dependent on your bang energy but
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