Re: Bang energy vs. streamer length measurements

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Original poster: "john couture" <johncouture-at-bellsouth-dot-net> 

Marco -

This is a very cleverly method of testing a Tesla coil and it certainly is a
different way of testing Tesla coils. However, I believe this method may
have the same limitations of the test that coilers have been using in the
past. I am still studying your measurements on Thor. What were the input
conditions to the power transformer, volts, amps, power factor, BPS?

John Couture

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Subject: Bang energy vs. streamer length measurements


 > Original poster: Marco.Denicolai-at-tellabs-dot-com
 >
 > Hello all,
 >
 > I have completed the first set of measurements on Thor and I was
 > thinking to share with you my findings.
 >
 > I have changed the bang energy (primary capacitor voltage), the RSG
 > rotating rate and the grounded target distance. For each position I have
 > measured "how well" the target was reached. In particular I was able to:
 >
 > - document how the streamer grows length from bang to bang
 > - model the hit probability with a Weibull distribution
 > - show that a change in the RSG rotating rate DOESN'T influence the
 > streamer length
 >
 > Read the whole story (includes diagrams and data) at:
 >
 > http://www.iki.fi/dncmrc/meas/performance.htm
 >
 > My "performance" measurement method offers a very good repeatibility and
 > can be easily used with any SSTC. It is very easy to test a supposed
 > performance improvements by using it.
 > I hope to receive some feedback also on it, considering also the recent
 > debate about the "energy and power" stuff.
 >
 > Suggestions, questions, comments and corrections are all welcome.
 >
 > Best Regards
 >
 > P.S: Coming next -> New measurements with RSG gap amount reduced from 4
 > to 2. Any improvements? We'll see...
 >
 >
 >
 >