Re: The 1500t secondary myth

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Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx 

In a message dated 12/14/04 2:59:49 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tesla@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
It does seem that for working coils, the models do give very good and
reliable results even though they seem so "simple".  I am starting to think
that the streamer's impedance may be far more stable and predictable that
we realize.  If that was not the case, the models should fail or deviate
far more than they do.  If you have not already seen it, there is a paper
on this at:

http://hot-streamer.com/TeslaCoils/MyPapers/modact/modact.html

    The model of 220K + ~1pF per foot may work well to tell us how the TC 
sees the load, but this model does nothing to predict why a minimum BPS for 
max spark length, or why the streamer grows over a series of bangs, or why 
CW coils give flame instead of streamers, or even how to grow longer sparks!

-Phil LaBudde