Re: TC & Lightning

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Original poster: "mercurus2000" <mercurus2000-at-cox-dot-net> 

Hmm, how high up were you able to fly the kite? I have a 50 feet length of
insulated wire running parallel to the ground at a elevation of 10 feet.
With it I can only get about 10 volts max on a voltmeter while the storm's
overhead.
Adam
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Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 6:19 AM
Subject: Re: TC & Lightning


 > Original poster: John <fireba8104-at-yahoo-dot-com>
 >
 > Just don't try to replicate Ben Franklin's experiment :).
 > Cheers,
 > John
 >
 > Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
 > Original poster: "Gary Weaver"
 >
 >
 >
 > As we all know a tesla coil will light up a florescent light bulb from
 > several feet away. My 4" coil will light up a light bulb from 15 ft away
 > and my 10" coil will light up a light bulb from 40 ft away. More power
 > more distance. If I move the light bulb close the the TC it glows all the
 > time. If I get far away from the TC the light bulb flashes only when there
 > is a discharge spark. I was watching TV and I could see lighting static
 > on the picture. I knew a storm was not to far away. As it turned out the
 > storm was about 40 miles away. That gave me an idea. I flew a kite on a
 > piece of #24 enamel coated copper wire about 150 ft of wire attached to
the
 > end of a florescent light bulb that was stuck in the ground. The storm was
 > about 10 miles away and every time there was lighting in! the storm the
 > florescent light bulb would flash. As the storm got closer and closer the
 > light bulb flashed brighter and brighter. When the storm was about 3 miles
 > away the light bulb glowed all the time. That is very interesting because
 > that is exactly what the Tesla Coil does. The storm got closer, the wind
 > picked up, the kite crashed, it started to rain and I went in the house.
 >
 > Gary Weaver
 >
 >
 >